Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1996No. 91-KA-01243-SCTPublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

678 So.2d 663 (1996)

Mervin SANDERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-01243-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 6, 1996.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1996.

John P. Price, McComb, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

On January 21, 1990, appellant Mervin Sanders was arrested for the crime of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. He was indicted for this crime on October 17, 1991, and pled not guilty six days later. Sanders was then tried and found guilty…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by119 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Berry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Colenburg v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999
  5. Kirksey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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