Legal Opinion

Roberts v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1939No. 33665PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

The appellant here was jointly indicted with Jack Holt and John S. Ware, and on being separately tried each was convicted. The facts are set forth in the opinions rendered a week ago in Holt v. State, Miss., 191 So. 673, and Ware v. State, Miss., 191 So. 678.

In the instant case the point is made that appellant was apprehended in another State, without any valid legal process therefor, and that over his protest, he was forcibly and unlawfully returned to this State, and that because thereof the courts here are without jurisdiction of the person. Appellant relies on the case In re Robinson, 29…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re RobinsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Holt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Ware v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Atwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  2. Nicholson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Kelley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  4. Deas v. PayneMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Pasto v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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