Legal Opinion

Sayre v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1988No. 57110PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

533 So.2d 464 (1988)

Elroy Earl SAYRE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57110.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 26, 1988.

George S. Shaddock, Johnston & Shaddock, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Today's appeal is by one convicted of selling marijuana. A single question has been presented: did the Circuit Court err when it allowed the prosecution to produce against the accused evidence regarding the accused's uncharged, unconvicted trafficking in marijuana…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Griffin; Concurrence · Griffin; Dissent.

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Sayre v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  5. Hopson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993

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