Legal Opinion

WINSTON v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1950No. 37667PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRoberds, P. J.

Appellants were convicted of the robbery of Vernon L. Mathews.

The questions raised on this appeal may be reduced, in the final analysis, to the one contention that two supposed confessions, one by each appellant, were not freely and voluntarily made, and their admission as evidence is reversible error.

We deem it unnecessary to detail the evidence pro and con on this question of fact. All the officers who were connected with the case testified the confessions were freely made; that there were no threats, violence, hope of reward or inducements made, or held out, to defendants. Appellants said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Sheffield v. Reece, SheriffMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Quan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Moore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Harper v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Stennis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Crouse v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1956

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