Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 1967No. 44236PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
196 So.2d 79 (1967)
Thomas WATTS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 44236.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 6, 1967.
R. Jess Brown, Denison Ray, Jackson, for appellant.
Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by R. Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
BRADY, Justice:
Appellant was tried and convicted on April 21, 1966, in Justice of the Peace Court, District One, of Claiborne County, Mississippi on charges of reckless driving and carrying a concealed weapon. On appeal to the Circuit Court of Claiborne County appellant filed a motion to quash the venire on the ground that Negroes had been…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- People v. BlodgettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- The People v. WatkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. Harry GreenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Wolf v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
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