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Watkins v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1977No. 50122PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

350 So.2d 1384 (1977)

Eddie E. WATKINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50122.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 2, 1977.

Ray S. Mikell, Kosciusko, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Eddie E. Watkins was convicted in the Circuit Court of Attala County of aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer. He appeals from this conviction and sentence of fifteen years in the state penitentiary, contending that he was illegally arrested and therefore privileged to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. Edward S. FriedlandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
  3. Craft v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Pettis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Callahan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Murrell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. State v. BaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  4. Ellison v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1979
  5. Gardner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979

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