Legal Opinion
Branch v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 2008No. 2007-KA-00579-SCTPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
998 So.2d 411 (2008)
Sylvester BRANCH
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2007-KA-00579-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 30, 2008.
Rehearing Denied January 22, 2009.
Virginia L. Watkins, William R. Labarre, James Adam Powers, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.
Before SMITH, C.J., DICKINSON and LAMAR, JJ.
LAMAR, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. This case is before the Court on appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, where Sylvester Branch was convicted of statutory rape and gratification of lust. Branch…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Hart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Gilmer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
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3Cited by12 opinions
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