Legal Opinion

Hughes v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1999No. 97-DP-00028-SCTPublishedCited by 215 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

735 So.2d 238 (1999)

William Ray HUGHES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-DP-00028-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 31, 1999.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1999.

David L. Walker, Batesville, John D. Watson, West Memphis, AR, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Appellant William Ray Hughes was indicted by a Tate County grand jury by bill filed on May 1, 1996. The bill charged Hughes with murder in the course of kidnapping Ashley Galloway in violation of Miss.Code Ann. §…

2Cases cited271 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by215 opinions

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