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Thornton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1979No. 51092PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

369 So.2d 505 (1979)

Ricky L. THORNTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51092.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 4, 1979.

Marshall E. Hanbury, Jackson, and Washington, D.C., Stephen L. Beach, III, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Susan L. Runnels, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted and tried for the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter.

Numerous assignments of error have been…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Reece v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bullock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Hodges v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Hooker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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