Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1999No. 97-KA-00313-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
740 So.2d 832 (1999)
Roger L. JACKSON a/k/a Roger Lee Jackson
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 97-KA-00313-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 6, 1999.
Percy S. Stanfield, Beverly D. Poole, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND MILLS, JJ.
MILLS, Justice, for the Court:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. Appellant Roger L. Jackson appeals his conviction for manslaughter in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. Judge Robert L. Gibbs sentenced Roger to a term of twenty years in the custody…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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