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Wood v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 1972No. 46577PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

257 So.2d 193 (1972)

J.W. WOOD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46577.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 17, 1972.

Travis Buckley, Laurel, Thomas G. Roberts, Bay Springs, L. Percy Quinn, Laurel, John Sims, Heidelberg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

J.W. Wood was tried in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jasper County for the murder of Robert Lee Williams. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twelve years in the penitentiary. From that verdict and sentence he appeals.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Price v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. People v. HendersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Lester v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Acevedo v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Hickson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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