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Capler v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 8, 1970No. 45737PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

237 So.2d 445 (1970)

Willie CAPLER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45737.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1970.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1970.

Fountain D. Dawson, Campbell, DeLong, Keady & Robertson, James L. Robertson, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Willie Capler was indicted for the murder of Idella Harris. Following a trial in the Circuit Court of Washington County, the jury returned an unqualified verdict of "guilty as charged." Accordingly, he was sentenced…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Faraga v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Folk v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Clanton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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