Pasto v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Justice,
for the Court:
Eugene L. Pasto was jointly indicted for forgery with Martha M. Miller in the Circuit Court of Lee County, was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to six (6) years. He appeals pro se from that sentence and assigns the following errors in the trial below:(1)The court lacked jurisdiction to try the case, because of an illegal arrest in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.(2) There was a bad faith prosecution because of prosecutorial misconduct in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…
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