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Tapp v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1977No. 49709PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

347 So.2d 974 (1977)

William E. TAPP

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49709.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 6, 1977.

Walker, Franks, Rone, Bridgforth & Woods, Joel P. Walker, Mills E. Barbee, Hernando, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court.

William E. Tapp was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, sentenced to twenty (20) years, and he appeals here. We reverse.

In view of the conclusion we have reached, we consider only the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
  3. McDaniel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Merritt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Monk v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Ramseur v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Larry Jones, Cross-Appellant v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Dept. Of Corrections, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. DeBussi v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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