Legal Opinion
Abston v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 1978No. 50515PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
361 So.2d 1384 (1978)
J.D. ABSTON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 50515.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 13, 1978.
Cumbest & Cumbest, Fielding L. Wright, Jr., James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty.Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and LEE, JJ.
PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
J.D. Abston appeals from a conviction of murder and sentence of life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Jackson County.
Appellant was indicted for murdering his ex-wife who was living with him and their four children at the…
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