Legal Opinion

Berry v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1999No. 96-KA-01075-SCT, 96-KA-01294-SCTPublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

728 So.2d 568 (1999)

Merlinda BERRY

v.

STATE of Mississippi. (Two Cases)

Nos. 96-KA-01075-SCT, 96-KA-01294-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1999.

Leslie Gates, Meridian, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Merlinda Berry was indicted on August 9, 1993, along with Rayford Jordan, in the Jasper County Circuit Court for transfer of cocaine on or about January 7, 1993. Jordan pled guilty to the charge, and Berry…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Aetna Insurance v. Kennedy Ex Rel. BogashSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. MacK v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by110 opinions

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