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Jenkins v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1986No. 56039PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

483 So.2d 1330 (1986)

Donnie Ray JENKINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56039.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 12, 1986.

Raiford L. Pittman, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Harold H. Brittain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Donnie Ray Jenkins was convicted of arson and, as he was subject to the provisions of Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-19-81 (Supp. 1985), he was sentenced to twenty (20) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections without reduction,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Booker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Harper v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Jackson v. GriffinMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Handley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Burt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Fuselier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. DeLaughter v. Lawrence County Hosp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Clowers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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