Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1997No. 91-KA-00856-SCTPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

689 So.2d 760 (1997)

Alvin Lee JACKSON and Larry V. Jackson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-00856-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 20, 1997.

Donald Rafferty, Gulfport, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

We are compelled to reverse the convictions in this case because the defendants were tried, in absentia, in violation of our statutory law as most recently interpreted by this Court in Sandoval v. State. A recurring issue in this case is the decision of the trial…

Also in this document: Dissent · Pittman; Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent · Pittman.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Michigan v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Crawford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Dudley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Pleasant v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Gibson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Rushing v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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