Legal Opinion
Griffin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1989No. 58373PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
545 So.2d 729 (1989)
Willie GRIFFIN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 58373.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 24, 1989.
T.H. Freeland, III, T.H. Freeland, IV, Tim F. Wilson, Freeland & Freeland, Oxford, for appellant.
Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
At issue in this criminal appeal is whether the acquittal of the substantive offense of jury tampering created a double jeopardy bar to a subsequent trial on the charge of conspiracy to commit jury tampering. While…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
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