Wharton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
734 So.2d 985 (1998)
Darren Lee WHARTON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 96-KA-00269-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 25, 1998.
Tom Sumrall, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
STATEMENT OF CASE AND FACTS
¶ 1. Danny McCugh, a 45 year old convenience store worker, was shot four times with a twenty-five caliber pistol on the morning of July 17, 1994 during a robbery at the Circle K convenience store in Biloxi, Mississippi. McCugh died at the hospital several hours later. After allegedly…
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- United States v. CarlisiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1940
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