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Watts v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 25, 1975No. 48646PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

317 So.2d 715 (1975)

Tony WATTS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48646.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 25, 1975.

Dale & Upton, Columbia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, INZER and SUGG, JJ.

PATTERSON, Justice.

Tony Watts was convicted of armed robbery by the Circuit Court of Marion County. He was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary and now appeals.

The assignments of error for reversal are: The trial court erred (1) in overruling the defendant's motion to quash the jury panel because Negroes had…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Fields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Tubbs v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Lucas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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