Legal Opinion

Read v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1983No. 53567PublishedCited by 353 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

430 So.2d 832 (1983)

John Walter READ and Cathy Bennett Read

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53567.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 23, 1983.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1983.

Roy Pitts, Franklin Coleman, Meridian, for appellants.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PART I — JUSTICE ROY NOBLE LEE

PART II — JUSTICE JAMES L. ROBERTSON

PART I

ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:

John Walter Read and Cathy Read, husband and wife, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Honorable Clinton E. Lockard,…

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2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by353 opinions

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