Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1986No. 56049PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
483 So.2d 680 (1986)
Gene COLEMAN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 56049.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 15, 1986.
Rehearing Denied March 12, 1986.
Barry H. Powell, Gilbert & Powell, Jackson, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
The question presented by this appeal is whether the petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a habeas corpus petition. The petitioner alleges that his guilty plea was involuntary due to ineffective…
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