Legal Opinion

Wells v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1974No. 47626PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

288 So.2d 860 (1974)

Arthur Lee WELLS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47626.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 21, 1974.

Ramsey, Bodron & Thames, Paul Kelly Loyacono, Vicksburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

WALKER, Justice:

The appellant, Arthur Lee Wells, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Warren County for the crime of burglary of an occupied dwelling and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary, and from that judgment, he prosecutes this appeal. We affirm.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  3. Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Matthews v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Culberson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Giles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Benson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Vickery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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