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Erving v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 2, 1983No. 54061PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

427 So.2d 701 (1983)

Arthur Lee ERVING

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54061.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 2, 1983.

Colom, Mitchell & Colom, Wilbur O. Colom, Dorothy Winston Colom, Columbus, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Arthur Lee Erving was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Attala County. He was sentenced to serve a term of life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On appeal…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CostleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Glass v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Spikes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Murphree v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Sadler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Lester v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Lancaster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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