Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 21, 2011No. 2010-KA-00352-COAPublished

1Concurrence

CARLTON, J.,

specially concurring:

¶ 25. I concur with the majority. I submit that the majority exercised great deliberative effort in fairly applying the law to the facts of this case. See Davis v. State, 680 So.2d 848, 851 (Miss.1996) (acknowledging burglary of a dwelling to constitute a crime of violence under federal sentencing guidelines); Miss.Code Ann. § 99-15-107 (Mississippi Legislature identified burglary as a crime of violence in this statute wherein the Legislature addressed ineligibility for intervention).

¶ 26. In applying legislatively enacted law to the facts of a case before us…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. William Bonnie FryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  3. Tunica County v. Hampton Co. National Surety, LLCMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Bogard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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