Legal Opinion
Winters v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1971No. 46191PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
244 So.2d 1 (1971)
Matthew WINTERS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 46191.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 8, 1971.
Constance Iona Slaughter, Jackson, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
INZER, Justice:
This is an appeal by Matthew Winters from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Holmes County overruling appellant's motion to vacate his previous conviction by a plea of guilty to a charge of murder, and the life sentence imposed as a result of his plea. We affirm.
Appellant, a Negro, was indicted at the April 1963 term of the Circuit Court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Edward Askew v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ellzey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
- C. W. Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Scott Wesley Lantz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Jefferson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
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