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Tigner v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 2, 1985No. 55740PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

478 So.2d 293 (1985)

Betty TIGNER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55740.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 2, 1985.

James N. Godwin, Booneville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Betty Tigner was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Tishomingo County for murder, Honorable Thomas Gardner, III, presiding. The jury returned a verdict finding her guilty of manslaughter and the lower court sentenced Tigner to…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Bullock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Irving v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Bailey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Blanks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Walters v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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