Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1989No. DP-56PublishedCited by 312 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

544 So.2d 782 (1987)

Jessie Derrell WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-56.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 1987.

As Modified On Rehearing June 21, 1989.

Thomas M. Fortner, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court on Parts I-V; ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court on Part VI.

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2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by312 opinions

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  4. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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