Legal Opinion
Spears v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 1970No. 45961PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
241 So.2d 148 (1970)
Lea SPEARS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 45961.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 9, 1970.
Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, W.M. Conerly, Vicksburg, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Velia Ann Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
PATTERSON, Justice:
Mississippi Constitution, Article 3, Bill of Rights, section 26 (1890) provides in part as follows:
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself or counsel, or both, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted by the witnesses against him, to have…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Laurel v. UptonMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Dennis v. PrisockMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
- Wild v. BassMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- City of Bay St. Louis v. JohnstonMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
- Grenada Cotton Compress Co. v. AtkinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gossett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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- Hubbard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Hickox by and Through Hickox v. HollemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Gilleylen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
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