Legal Opinion

Harveston v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 20, 1986No. 56376PublishedCited by 161 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

493 So.2d 365 (1986)

Roger Lynn HARVESTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56376.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 20, 1986.

William D. Boerner, Robert D. Underwood, Boerner & Underwood, Brookhaven, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Today's twenty-two year old Appellant seeks relief from his life sentence imposed following his conviction of murder. No difficult or novel questions of law are presented. Rather, the case serves to…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933

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3Cited by161 opinions

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  2. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Pinkney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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