Legal Opinion

Stevenson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1996No. 93-KA-00061-SCTPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

674 So.2d 501 (1996)

Arthur L. STEVENSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 93-KA-00061-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 16, 1996.

Eugene A. Perrier, Vicksburg, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson; Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Justice, for the court:

INTRODUCTION

This case involves the imposition of a sentence from a plea agreement of life imprisonment without parole during a time in which the version of Miss. Code Ann. Section 97-3-21 did not permit or provide for said sentence. Finding that said sentence upon…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Luckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Grubb v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Fuselier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Jordan v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  3. Stevenson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Kincaid v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Willie v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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