Legal Opinion

Robinson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 5, 1975No. 48436PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

312 So.2d 15 (1975)

Melvin Lamar ROBINSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48436.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 5, 1975.

H.W. "Sonny" Jones, Jr., Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Melvin Lamar Robinson was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County for the crime of burglary. He was sentenced to serve a term of four and one-half years in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence he appeals. We affirm.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Lanza v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. People v. HernandezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
  4. State v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Beck v. BeckMississippi Supreme Court · 1858

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. HiottSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
  2. United States v. RoyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  3. Johnson v. KingCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  4. State v. Van AckerenNebraska Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978

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