Mississippi Supreme Court· 11/28/1979
Durham v. State
Citations
- 377 So. 2d 909
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- no violation of defendant's constitutional right to speedy trial by continuance granted due to death in defense counsel's family and delay caused by continuance granted defendant's court appointed counsel for preparation
- when defense attorney fails to appear for trial because of a death in the attorney's family, time between scheduled date for original trial and next trial date is not taken into consideration for purposes of 270-day rule
- delay caused by death in defense counsel's family
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Judges: Patterson, Sugg and Cofer
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Brewer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 180×
- Vickery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-30· cited 160×
- Nations v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-20· cited 54×
- Guice v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 2007-01-11· cited 54×
- Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-16· cited 46×
- State v. HarrisonMississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 29×
- Moore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1990-01-17· cited 18×
- Ford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1991-11-13· cited 14×
- Kennedy Brewer v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court· 1995-03-25
- Phelan Terrell Guice v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-04
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