Legal Opinion

Pearson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 9, 1983No. 54074PublishedCited by 148 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

428 So.2d 1361 (1983)

Jimmy Lee PEARSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54074.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 9, 1983.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1983.

Thomas D. Lee, Forest, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

On the morning of October 22, 1981, the home of A.B. Crudup near Pulaski, Scott County, Mississippi, was burglarized. In due course Jimmy Lee Pearson, defendant below and appellant here, and Danny Paul Hicks were formally charged with this…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by148 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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