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Hughes v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 1979No. 51514PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

376 So.2d 1349 (1979)

Joe HUGHES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51514.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 1979.

Burdine & Austin, Curtis H. Austin, Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and COFER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

A verdict of guilty and a sentence of life imprisonment resulted from the non-capital murder trial of Joe Hughes in the Circuit Court of Noxubee County. Hughes appeals, assigning as error: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting Hughes'…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Fare v. Michael C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Harrison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. People v. SpencerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  5. People v. SpencerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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