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Tolbert v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 12, 1987No. 56850PublishedCited by 114 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

511 So.2d 1368 (1987)

James Lee TOLBERT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56850.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 12, 1987.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1987.

Orma R. Smith, Jr., Smith, Ross & Trapp, Corinth, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Today's is a case of murder. The appeal does not claim innocence but denial of a fair trial. If perfection be the standard, the charge must prevail, for several things happened below that could and…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Cabello v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Laney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by114 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Nixon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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