Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 13, 1988No. 57622PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

528 So.2d 828 (1988)

John R. PRUITT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57622.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 13, 1988.

Wade M. Baine, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On November 8, 1985, John Richard Pruitt was indicted by the grand jury of Harrison County for attempted rape and as a recividist. On January 27, 1986, he was tried before a jury, found guilty of attempted rape, found to be an habitual offender…

Also in this document: Dissent · Hawkins; Dissent · Anderson.

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bucklew v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Harden v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. RoseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  2. Henderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Powers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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