Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 13, 1980No. 51878PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
386 So.2d 1117 (1980)
Turner Paul SMITH
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 51878.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 13, 1980.
John M. Deakle, Hattiesburg, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and LEE, JJ.
PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court.
This appeal is from the Circuit Court of Forrest County wherein Turner Paul Smith, in a two-stage proceeding, was convicted of burglary and as an habitual offender was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The appeal was perfected as to the guilty verdict. The sentence as an…
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