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Jackson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1984No. 54178PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

452 So.2d 438 (1984)

Thomas JACKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54178.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1984.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1984.

Sidney A. Barnett, A.M. Murphy, Lucedale, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Bill Patterson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Thomas Jackson appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of George County of the crime of carnal knowledge of a six-year-old girl, and sentence to life imprisonment. He challenges the validity of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Sherbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Upshaw v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Lang v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1956

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Dixon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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