Legal Opinion

Unruh v. Puckett

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1998No. 96-CA-00758-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

716 So.2d 636 (1998)

David Lynn UNRUH

v.

Steve PUCKETT, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections.

No. 96-CA-00758-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 25, 1998.

David Lynn Unruh, Sioux Falls, SD, appellant, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jane Lanier Mapp, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and McRAE, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this case we are called upon to address the appellant's claim that he should be allowed to serve his state time in a federal facility. The basic question is whether the issues should be tried…

Also in this document: Dissent · Smith; Dissent · Smith.

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. State Ex Rel. Holmes v. GriffinMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006
  2. Putnam v. EppsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
  3. Higginbotham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  5. Weaver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003

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