Legal Opinion

Avery v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 19, 2012No. 2010-KA-02058-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Lauderdale County jury convicted William Antonio Avery of selling cocaine and felony fleeing. The circuit court sentenced Avery to sixty years for the sale-of-cocaine conviction and five years for the *332felony-fleeing conviction. The circuit court ordered the sentences to run concurrently with each other, without eligibility for parole or probation, but consecutively to Avery’s sentences in Lauderdale County cause numbers 645-02 and 691-06, all in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).

¶ 2. Following the circuit court’s denial of his…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Avery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  3. William Antonio Avery a/k/a William A. Avery a/k/a William Avery a/k/a Ken v. State of Mississippi and Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025
  4. William Antonio Avery v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. William Antonio Avery v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019

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