State Supreme Court / Miss.

Curry v. State

Decided May 24, 1971. William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

249 So. 2d 414 · Cited 178 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Fuqua v. State · 145 So. 2d 152
Dunning v. State · 171 So. 2d 315
Jackson v. State · 243 So. 2d 396
Boyd v. State · 204 So. 2d 165
Dorsey v. State · 243 So. 2d 550
Gordon v. State · 222 So. 2d 141

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