Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1995No. 91-KA-00846-SCTPublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

This Court grants the petition for rehearing and the original opinion is withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.

Deric Johnson was convicted of distribution of cocaine in the Circuit Court of Jackson County and sentenced to ten (10) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He contends that evidence of a prior conviction of distribution of cocaine should not have been introduced at trial because the…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Johnston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Peterson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Blanks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Johnston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Puckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Mitchell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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