Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1953No. 38615PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
The grand jury of Forrest County, at the April 1952 term of court, returned an indictment against Luther Carlyle Wheeler and Elaine Forman, jointly, for the murder of Jessie James Everett. After a severance had been granted, the State elected to try Wheeler first, with the result that the jury, which heard the case, returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The judgment ordered Wheeler’s death by electrocution, and he appeals.
The State developed the following facts and circumstances, in sequence to-wit: Ace Weathers operated an automobile agency at 1502 North Main Street in the City of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Gibson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Williams v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Musselwhite v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Hoops v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Milano v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
- Baker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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