Legal Opinion

Irving v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 17, 1969No. 45665PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

228 So.2d 266 (1969)

Gerald Henry IRVING, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45665.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 17, 1969.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1969.

Ebb J. Ford, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice.

This is the second time this cause has come before us for attention. The present case is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi, where the defendant was tried on May 15, 1969, on the question of punishment only for the murder of Mrs. Hazle K. Nixon and found guilty by the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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