Legal Opinion

Hammett v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided January 3, 2006No. 2004-KA-01318-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Larry Hammett was found guilty of possession of a schedule II controlled substance, and was sentenced to sixteen years as a habitual offender, without the possibility of early release or parole. Aggrieved, he asserts the following as errors on appeal: (1) the refusal of the trial judge to “fully entertain any and all matters of recusal” after a motion for recusal was made, (2) the refusal of the court to quash the indictment after the State lost exculpatory evidence, (3) the failure of the court to grant Hammett’s motion for a directed verdict because of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Box v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Dilworth v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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