Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 2006No. 2000-CT-00822-SCTPublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

927 So.2d 744 (2006)

Christopher MORRIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-CT-00822-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 2006.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 2006.

Derek D. Hopson, Sr., Clarksdale, Howard Brown, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Christopher Morris was convicted of simple assault upon a law enforcement officer and sentenced to five years with one and one-half of those years suspended. Morris's appeal was assigned to the Court of Appeals, see…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Palmer v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Cox v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Page v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
  5. Wilder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012

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