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Mason v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1983No. 54485PublishedCited by 104 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

440 So.2d 318 (1983)

Sanford MASON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54485.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1983.

William Dean Stark, John Paul Moore, Starkville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and ROBERTSON, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County of the crime of rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and by its verdict found that he should serve a life sentence with Department of Corrections.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Gilliard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Shelton v. KindredMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Branch v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by104 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Underwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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