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Tiller v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1983No. 54388PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

440 So.2d 1001 (1983)

John M. TILLER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54388.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1983.

John M. Tiller, pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Bill Patterson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

John M. Tiller has petitioned for leave to withdraw a guilty plea entered to an indictment for armed robbery. Among other things, he alleges that he entered his plea in reliance upon advice from his attorney that he would be eligible while in custody to earn "good time" toward early release as would any other prisoner.

In this…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Baker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Schmitt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Gardner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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