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Odom v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1978No. 50296PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

355 So.2d 1381 (1978)

John Howard ODOM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50296.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 15, 1978.

Buckley & Ford, Travis Buckley, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Calvin Coolidge Williams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary returned after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Noxubee County, Mississippi. Appellant was sentenced to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The evidence in this case was conflicting, but because…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Hilbun v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Ratliff v. NailMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Willcutt ex rel. Willcutt v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

3Cited by117 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. MacK v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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