Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 1970No. 45895PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

236 So.2d 751 (1970)

John Wallace BROOKS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45895.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 1970.

Courtney & Echols, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John M. Kinard, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice.

In the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, appellant was found guilty of the crime of kidnapping and sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that judgment this appeal is taken.

The appellant, John Wallace…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Murphree v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Buckley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Anthony v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  4. King v. CookMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Joseph v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Mobley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  2. Aikerson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Ruffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Weaver v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Cumbest v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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