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Ross v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 7, 1991No. 89-KP-0943PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

584 So.2d 777 (1991)

Daniel ROSS III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KP-0943.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 7, 1991.

Daniel Ross, pro se.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

PRATHER, Justice, for the court:

I. INTRODUCTION

A

Daniel Ross III, an inmate at South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, complains in this appeal that prison officials breached their promise to award him "Meritorious Earned Time" for participating in various incentive programs. He contends that he is…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Carney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. George Scales v. Mississippi State Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  5. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Forrest Thomas, III v. Mississippi Department of CorrectionsMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Haynes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
  3. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
  4. Kevern Fields v. Brian LadnerCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  5. Randall v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999

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