Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1989No. 57746PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Steve Mitchell was indicted by the Grand Jury of Jackson County, Mississippi, in October of 1985 for fondling five-year-old Shannon Bosarge on or about May 15, 1984. The case was originally tried on May 13, 1986, but that trial ended in mistrial. The case was tried again on June 3, 1986, where a jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with a recommendation that Mitchell be enrolled in the RID program at Parchman, and also with a recommendation that after his release he continue psychiatric and psychological counselling.…

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2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  3. United States v. Harvey M. RenvilleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  4. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Morgan v. ForetichCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by79 opinions

  1. State v. Edward Charles L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Eakes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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