Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

West v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1986No. 55695PublishedCited by 278 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

485 So.2d 681 (1985)

Othie Lee WEST

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55695.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 1985.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing April 16, 1986.

Julie Ann Epps, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., and William S. Boyd, III, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the court:

Othie Lee West was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County of capital murder and sentenced to death. A number of errors are assigned on appeal, which we will discuss.

Because of the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

38 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by278 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

273 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API