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Clowers v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1988No. 57403PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

522 So.2d 762 (1988)

Robert Earl CLOWERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57403.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 6, 1988.

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Stanfield, Carmody & Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This case presents questions concerning the propriety of a trial court's reduction of a statutory sentence for an habitual offender based upon a finding of disproportionality.

A jury in the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Burt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Presley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Bolton v. City of GreenvilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Hoops v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Wallace v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Stromas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Wall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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