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Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1979No. 51613PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

377 So.2d 1076 (1979)

John L. DAVIS and Prentiss Brooks

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51613.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1979.

Travis T. Vance, Jr., H. Gerald Hosemann, Vicksburg, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Susan L. Runnels, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and COFER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

John L. Davis and Prentiss Brooks appeal convictions for armed robbery and sentences of life imprisonment without parole obtained in the Circuit Court of Warren County. Their assignments of error raise essentially two…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Kolberg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Lancaster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Norman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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