Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1999No. 97-CP-00129-SCTPublishedCited by 142 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

731 So.2d 1120 (1999)

Booker YOUNG a/k/a Booker T. Young

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-CP-00129-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1999.

Booker Young, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE: PITTMAN, P.J., BANKS, and WALLER, JJ.

WALLER, J.

SUMMARY

¶ 1. Booker Young ("Young") appeals the summary dismissal of his motion for post conviction relief filed in the Circuit Court of Panola County. Young alleged in his pro se motion that he was unlawfully coerced into making his guilty plea by a promise of a lenient sentence, that his…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

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  3. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by142 opinions

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