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Watkins v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1972No. 46709PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

262 So.2d 422 (1972)

Barbara WATKINS et al.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46709.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1972.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1972.

W.S. Moore, Jackson, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by James W. Haddock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

The appellants, Barbara Watkins, Mary Ruby Thomas and Maggie D. Thomas, were convicted of "shoplifting" in separate trials by the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County and each was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary. The evidence being almost identical, the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baldwin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  2. Canning v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Holloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Ball v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Langston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
  5. Pickett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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