Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 7, 1968No. 44638PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

214 So.2d 589 (1968)

James McArthur ARMSTRONG

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44638.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 1968.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1968.

Smith & Smith, Corinth, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Justice:

Appellant, James McArthur Armstrong, twenty-four years of age, was indicted and tried on a charge of murder in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi. He was convicted of manslaughter, and after defendant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and final judgment entered, the court…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Gray v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Willie v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. MacK v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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