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Overstreet v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1979No. 51004PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

369 So.2d 275 (1979)

Johnny OVERSTREET

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51004.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1979.

H.W. "Sonny" Jones, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Phillip H. Schwartz, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Johnny Overstreet was indicted in Lauderdale County on November 30, 1977, for the murder of Robert Abernathy. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Aggrieved he appeals.

On the evening of November 19, 1977, Overstreet was refreshing himself in the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Voyles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Armstrong v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Tudor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. McCray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Westbrooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Box v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Acevedo v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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