Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1992No. 90-KA-298PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

601 So.2d 403 (1992)

Willie Joe KNIGHT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-298.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 1992.

William B. Sullivan, Laurel, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

Willie Knight was indicted and convicted for leaving the scene of an accident, sentenced to a term of one (1) year in the custody of the Jones County Jail, and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000.00 and court costs. Finding that the circuit court erroneously excluded evidence and denied a defense instruction…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. GoffSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Huber v. City of CasperWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Isom v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  5. State v. BurrisCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1972

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Thorson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004

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