Legal Opinion

Cannon v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1966No. 44002PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

190 So.2d 848 (1966)

Norman CANNON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44002.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 3, 1966.

Suggestion of Error Overruled October 24, 1966.

W. Arlington Jones, Lawrence D. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lydell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Norman Cannon was convicted of rape in the Circuit Court of Forrest County. The jury's verdict fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life, and he was so sentenced.

There was no assignment of error challenging the sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Boutwell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Ivey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  3. BOLIN v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Callas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  3. Hunt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Malone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Hubbard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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