Legal Opinion

McLamb v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1982No. 53293PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWLING, Justice,

for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County for the crime of armed robbery. The indictment charged him to be an habitual criminal under Section 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Annotated (Supp.1981). After a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal. Two principal errors are propounded. They are:

I. THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED REVERSIBLE ERROR IN ADMITTING THE IN-COURT IDENTIFICATION OF THE DEFENDANT BY THE WITNESSES FOR THE STATE.

II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING THE…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McLamb v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. McLamb v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  4. Eddie Nicholson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. McLamb v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995

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