Legal Opinion

Tipton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 24, 2010No. 2008-KA-02060-SCTPublished

1Opinion of the Court

41 So.3d 679 (2010)

Frank Sanders TIPTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2008-KA-02060-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 24, 2010.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 2010.

Ross Parker Simons, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The defendant—an employee of a private company that (according to Mississippi Law)[1] provides an alternative to incarceration services—was indicted and convicted under a statute[2] that criminalized certain acts committed by an "employee of any contractor providing…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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