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Thornton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1975No. 48370PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

313 So.2d 16 (1975)

James Edward THORNTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48370.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 19, 1975.

Swep S. Taylor, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

James Edward Thornton was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, of the crime of rape. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From his conviction and sentence, Thornton appeals.

The prosecutrix shared an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Pepper v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mhoon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Williamson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Jerry Lynn Young v. Robert Herring, Lee County Sheriff, and Donald A. Cabana, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Gill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Wideman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976

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