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Knight v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1978No. 50476PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

360 So.2d 674 (1978)

Ronnie Gene KNIGHT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50476.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1978.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1978.

Upshaw, Schissel, Dorizas & Ladner, James E. Upshaw, Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Ronnie Gene Knight was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Leflore County for the crime of rape. The jury was unable to agree on a verdict in the first trial, and the court declared a mistrial. He was tried…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Floyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Rush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Herron v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Norman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  2. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Annaratone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006

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