Legal Opinion

Strickland v. Howell

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1995No. 92-CA-00990-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

654 So.2d 1387 (1995)

Oscar D. STRICKLAND

v.

L. Glenn HOWELL, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Lee Roy Black, W.L. Lee and Gayle Parker.

No. 92-CA-00990-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 20, 1995.

Oscar D. Strickland, Leakesville, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jo Anne M. McLeod, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the court:

In this case we are called upon to address the issue of whether the Circuit Court erred in denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus. We conclude that a commitment order alone…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hill v. United States Ex Rel. WamplerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Hode v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  3. State Ex Rel. Powell v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sones v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  2. Fuller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  3. Strickland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Charles Smith v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Oscar Strickland v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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