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Murphy v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1984No. 54318PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

453 So.2d 1290 (1984)

James MURPHY, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54318.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 15, 1984.

Thomas Morris, Ellis Turnage, Morris & Turnage, Cleveland, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

James Murphy, Jr. was convicted of the capital murder of Coralie Staples in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, and, the jury being unable to agree upon punishment, he was sentenced to life imprisonment…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Reddix v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Young v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Stokes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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