Legal Opinion

Griffith v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1991No. 07-KA-58672PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

584 So.2d 383 (1991)

Richard Lee GRIFFITH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-58672.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 3, 1991.

M. Charles May, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., elected Supreme Court Justice Jan. 3, 1989, Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

On February 11, 1987, Richard Lee Griffith was indicted for the sexual battery of Sally S., a ten-year-old mentally retarded female, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95. He was charged with having committed the offense on or about…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Morgan v. ForetichCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
  5. State v. RobinsonArizona Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Eakes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. State v. ZimmermanIdaho Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Hennington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006

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