Legal Opinion

Tobias v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 5, 1985No. 54708PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

472 So.2d 398 (1985)

Sherman TOBIAS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54708.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1985.

J. Cliff Thomas, Jr., Crystal Springs, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction in the Circuit Court of Copiah County. Sherman Tobias was convicted of uttering a forgery as an habitual criminal and sentenced to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without eligibility…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Mason v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Ladner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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