Legal Opinion

Dobbs v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided November 12, 2008No. 2007-CP-00900-COAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. In addressing Dennis Dobbs’s various filings, the Circuit Court of Marshall County treated them as a motion for post-conviction relief and denied relief to Dobbs. Aggrieved, Dobbs appeals. He claims that his motions were not post-conviction motions; instead, they were complaints under 42 United States Codé section 1983 (2006). He also reasserts his various allegations from his motions to show cause.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. Dobbs was an inmate with the Mississippi Department of Corrections serving a conviction from Clay County, Mississippi for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Wright v. WhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Crumpton v. HegwoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Lofton v. United StatesMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dobbs v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009

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