Legal Opinion

Lancaster v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1985No. 54597PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

472 So.2d 363 (1985)

Jimmy L. LANCASTER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54597.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 29, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1985.

J. Joshua Stevens, Jr., H. Lee Morrison, Jr., Tubb, Stevens & Morrison, West Point, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Jimmy L. Lancaster was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County for the crime of capital murder of one, Robert Kirby. The indictment charges that…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Cook v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Pittman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Norman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Craft v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Lester v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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