Legal Opinion
McInnis v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1988No. 57699PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
527 So.2d 84 (1988)
Robert Hayes McINNIS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 57699.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 4, 1988.
Donald W. Boykin, Jackson, 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 ROBERTSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:
I
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