Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1989No. 58364PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
544 So.2d 816 (1989)
William Curtis BUTLER
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 58364.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 3, 1989.
Travis Buckley, Ellisville, William E. Phillips, Laurel, for appellant.
Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
Recognizing that innovative alternatives to the traditional criminal sanction of imprisonment were needed, our legislature enacted the Restitution to Victims of Crime Act. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-37-1 et seq. Victim restitution in the criminal process is an issue in this appeal. William…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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