Legal Opinion

Sartain v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1975No. 48433PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

311 So.2d 343 (1975)

Willie Mae SARTAIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48433.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1975.

Williams & Smith, Claiborne McDonald, IV, Picayune, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice.

The appellant was indicted and convicted of the murder of her husband, Joe Sartain, in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County, Mississippi, and from a sentence to life in the state penitentiary she prosecutes this appeal. We affirm.

The questions presented are: (1) Was the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Hall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Murphy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Gordon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Carson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Mullins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Tigner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. McQuarters v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010

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