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Lightsey v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 20, 1986No. 55709PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

493 So.2d 375 (1986)

Gary Dale LIGHTSEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55709.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 20, 1986.

Guy M. Walker, Laurel, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and PRATHER and GRIFFIN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Gary Dale Lightsey was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County of the burglary of his in-laws' home. He was sentenced to a term of seven years in prison. On appeal, the Court will consider the following assignments of error:(1) The court erred in failing to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Perry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Bailey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Williamson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Giles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Perry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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