Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 13, 1980No. 52041PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

386 So.2d 1115 (1980)

Sam COOPER, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52041.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 13, 1980.

John C. Webb, Sidney J. Martin, Greenville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and SUGG and COFER, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court.

Sam Cooper, Jr. was indicted in the Circuit Court of Washington County for armed robbery under section 97-3-79 Mississippi Code Annotated (Supp. 1975),[1] found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to serve a term of forty (40) years.

Defendant's sole assignment of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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