Legal Opinion

Cumbest v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1984No. 53799PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

456 So.2d 209 (1984)

Lum CUMBEST

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53799.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 16, 1984.

Frank J. Hammond, Jr., Moss Point, William Liston, Liston, Gibson & Lancaster, Winona, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Lum Cumbest and Dale Coleman were convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of perpetrating a fraud upon Jackson County in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-11-31 and each sentenced to a term of four (4) years in the Department of Corrections, with…

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2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Blue v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Faraga v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Lester v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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