Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1988No. 57729PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

534 So.2d 557 (1988)

Luke MOORE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57729.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 23, 1988.

Robert H. Broome, Batesville, Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

On May 16, 1986, appellant, Luke Moore, was convicted by a jury of possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana with intent to sell pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139(a)(1) (1972). Moore was thereafter sentenced to serve a term of twenty-four (24)…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. State v. TalbotSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  3. Phillips v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Barnes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Hopson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Morgan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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