Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 13, 1982No. 53875PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

420 So.2d 562 (1982)

Bennie Lee WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53875.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 13, 1982.

Moore, Royals & Taylor, Robert H. Taylor, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty.Gen. by Carlton F. McCullough, Sp.Asst.Atty.Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Escape from jail by defendant Bennie Lee Williams, before he was sentenced but after a jury had found him guilty of murder, is the background of this case appealed from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Special Circuit Judge…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lang v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Bourdeaux v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Floyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cressionnie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
  2. Edget v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
  3. Sessom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006
  4. Coffey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003
  5. Owens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002

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