Legal Opinion
Washington v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 16, 1985No. 54937PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
478 So.2d 1028 (1985)
Obie D. WASHINGTON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 54937.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 16, 1985.
Kash M. Butani, Tylertown, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Anita Mathews Stamps, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
The habitual offender sentencing statutes are the basis for a constitutional separation of powers challenge in this criminal appeal from the Circuit Court of Walthall County. Obie D.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- James M. Armstrong v. J. A. Collier, Superintendent of Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- State v. BadonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
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3Cited by43 opinions
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