Legal Opinion

Willis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1985No. 55665PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

475 So.2d 163 (1985)

Donald Wayne WILLIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55665.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 4, 1985.

Fred L. Cooper, Columbia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Donald Wayne Willis was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marion County of murder under Mississippi Code Annotated, § 97-3-19(1)(a), (1972), as amended. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The appeal raises no issues not heretofore decided…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morea v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Jordan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Brisker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Burkett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Hawkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Brewer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Ragland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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