Legal Opinion

Skaggs v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1996No. 91-KA-00626-SCTPublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

676 So.2d 897 (1996)

Christopher Hershell SKAGGS, a/k/a Christopher Hershel Skaggs

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-00626-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 13, 1996.

Richard W. Hamilton, Robert A. Pritchard, Pascagoula, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Kenneth C. O'Neal, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, C.J., BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

I

INTRODUCTION

Christopher Skaggs was convicted in the Harrison County Circuit Court of forcibly raping a seventy-six year old woman, Mrs. W,[1] and…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. United States v. Loud HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by62 opinions

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