Legal Opinion

In the Interest of W.B.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1987No. 58244PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRIFFIN, Justice,

for the Court:

This appeal comes to us from the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Youth Court Division, wherein appellant was adjudicated a delinquent child pursuant to the Youth Court Act, § 43-21-101, et seq., for receipt of stolen property. W.B. was sentenced to serve one year probation with six months suspended commitment, and to pay $100.00 restitution. As error, W.B. claims the court should not have found that the prosecution established a prima facie case of stolen property when there was no evidence of the requisite guilty knowledge involved therein. We agree,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Pettus v. S TateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Sartorious v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852
  4. Crowell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Thompson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In the Interest of S.C. v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Lewis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Isaac Merrimon a/k/a Isaac Merriman v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2026
  4. SC v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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