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Watson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1967No. 44198PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

196 So.2d 893 (1967)

Joe David WATSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44198.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 27, 1967.

Fred Witty, Greenwood, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by R. Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice.

Appellant, Joe David Watson, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Humphreys County of the crime of burglary of a building intended to be used as a dwelling house. He was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary, and from this conviction and sentence he appeals to this Court.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Cash v. CulverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Dyson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Watson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cannaday v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2010

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