Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1930No. 28733PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGowen, J.,

delivei*ed the opinion of the court*

The appellant, Odessa Tones, was convicted of escaping* from jail while under sentence, for less than life, to the state penitentiary, and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary for said crime, and, from such conviction and sentence, he prosecutes this appeal.

The indictment as drawn, and the conviction had, was under section 926, Hemingway’s Code 1927, section 1156, Code 1906.

It is not necessary to state the facts for the reason that there is no doubt hut that the appellant, in company with other prisoners in a county…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  2. State v. PaceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  3. State v. HayesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
  4. Gadson v. GadsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Stinehagen v. OlsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1945

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