Legal Opinion

Shanks v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1996No. 93-KP-00852-SCTPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

672 So.2d 1207 (1996)

Eddie James SHANKS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 93-KP-00852-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 11, 1996.

Eddie Shanks, pro se, Pearl.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Scott Stuart, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Eddie James Shanks filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Wayne County alleging that his guilty plea to armed robbery was involuntary and unintelligently made. The trial judge entered an order denying the motion for post-conviction relief. Shanks filed an appeal to this Court…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. William R. Durant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
  4. John Mack Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  5. Vittitoe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Cotton v. Mississippi Parole Bd.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Fairley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Garlotte v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  5. Carpenter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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