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Wilson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1971No. 46376PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

248 So.2d 802 (1971)

Earnest Lee WILSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46376.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1971.

T.N. Gore, Jr., Marks, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John M. Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Earnest Lee Wilson, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Quitman County for the crime of murder in the killing of a fellow inmate of the Penitentiary. The jury found him guilty as charged but failed to agree as to his punishment, and he was sentenced to serve a life sentence…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Haley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Woods v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Ellerbe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Organ v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Clark v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Watts v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Glass v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Marvin Kirk v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015

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