Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1998No. 96-KP-00279-SCTPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

730 So.2d 1106 (1998)

Lonia A. WRIGHT, a/k/a Lonnie A. Wright

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KP-00279-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1998.

Lonia A. Wright, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this appeal from a conviction of kidnapping, armed robbery, and sexual battery we must determine whether a defendant's statements made after arrest, which were not elicited by police action, should have been suppressed on the grounds that the defendant was under the influence of a controlled…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Russell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. United States v. Emanuel JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  5. Lambert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Spann v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Kircher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Holloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Wess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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