Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1977No. 49494PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

342 So.2d 735 (1977)

Larry JONES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49494.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1977.

Charles E. Morris, Jr., Kelly McKoin, Biloxi, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, SUGG and LEE, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Larry Jones was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Harrison County. We reverse for retrial in accordance with our opinion in Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss. 1976). However, other contentions of defendant are…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Mathis v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Jordan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Bailey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012

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