Legal Opinion
Irving v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1978No. 50250PublishedCited by 333 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
361 So.2d 1360 (1978)
John Buford IRVING, III
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 50250.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 2, 1978.
Rehearing Denied September 13, 1978.
Leonard McClellan, Lewis Myers, Jr., Oxford, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
LEE, Justice, for the Court:
John Buford Irving, III was indicted for capital murder in the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County. He was given a bifurcated trial following the guidelines set forth in Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss. 1976). After hearing evidence pertaining…
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