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Evans v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1975No. 48388PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

315 So.2d 1 (1975)

Sylvester Lavon EVANS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48388.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 19, 1975.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 14, 1975.

Maxey, Clark & Casey, Laurel, for appellant.

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

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Sylvester Lavon Evans was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County of manslaughter in the killing of Marvin Suttle, Jr. He was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Fairley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1931

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  2. Wilson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Hull v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Petty v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Weed v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

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