Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1982No. 53546PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

414 So.2d 435 (1982)

Moses I. LEWIS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53546.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 26, 1982.

Moses I. Lewis, Jr., pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White and Robert L. Gibbs, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, P.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Moses I. Lewis, Jr. appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. Lewis alleged illegal confinement in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after being transferred to that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harrigill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Denton v. MaplesMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. RussellMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Moses I. Lewis, Jr. v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  3. Mississippi Com'n on Judicial Performance v. SandersMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Miss. Com'n of Jud. Perform. v. RussellMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Derric McDonald v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022

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