Legal Opinion

Govan v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 27, 1991No. 90-KA-464PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

591 So.2d 428 (1991)

Robert L. GOVAN, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-464.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 27, 1991.

James D. Minor, Oxford, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Panola County, before which the appellant, Robert L. Govan, Jr. ("Govan") was convicted of the sale of cocaine on April 24, 1990. On April 27, 1990, the court sentenced him to a term of twenty years imprisonment,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Manning v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Kolberg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Snow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Randolph v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Baine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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