Legal Opinion
Sedric Sutton v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 2018No. 2016–KA–00816–SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERLIN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Sedric Sutton was indicted by a grand jury in Washington County on two counts: (1) possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and (2) possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. After a trial by jury, Sutton was convicted on the first count and acquitted on the second. The trial court sentenced Sutton as a habitual offender to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He now appeals his conviction and sentence.
¶ 2. All of the State's evidence in the case stemmed from an unconstitutional search…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Sedric Q. Sutton a/k/a Sedric Sutton a/k/a Cedric Quintorus Sutton v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2022
- Sutton v. FitchDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2023
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