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Melton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1998No. 97-KA-00692-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

723 So.2d 1156 (1998)

Anthony MELTON, a/k/a Anthony P. Melton

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00692-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1998.

William Andy Sumrall, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General By Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., MILLS AND WALLER, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Anthony Melton was convicted of murder by a Rankin County jury and sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved, Melton brings this appeal, assigning as error the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. In re V.M.S.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  4. Leedom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000

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