Legal Opinion

Graves v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1986No. 56354PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

492 So.2d 562 (1986)

Jerry Donnell GRAVES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56354.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 9, 1986.

M. Charles May, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Harold H. Brittain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

From a conviction of murder and a sentence of life imprisonment as an habitual offender under Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-19-83 (Supp. 1985), on November 29, 1984, JERRY DONNELL GRAVES (Graves) appeals, assigning as error:

I. The trial court erred in…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Fuselier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. McFee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Shell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  3. McGowen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Graves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002

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