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Fornett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 1981No. 52385PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

392 So.2d 1154 (1981)

Roy Estine FORNETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52385.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 28, 1981.

H. Bernard Gautier, David A. Stewart, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty, Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and BROOM and HAWKINS, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Roy Estine Fornett was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the murder of Levernon Thompson, alias "Monkey Man". He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi Department of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. State v. GosserSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
  3. Freeman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Nevels v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Tolbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Weeks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Luster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. McDonald v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999

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