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Ellis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1971No. 46335PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

254 So.2d 902 (1971)

Jimmy Wayne ELLIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46335.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 15, 1971.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1971.

Hugh L. Bailey, James Sumner, Winona, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Jeff East, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Jimmy Wayne Ellis was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County of the crime of forgery. He was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary.

The appellant has assigned three errors: (1) a fatal variance between the indictment and the proof, the indictment…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Byrd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. TillmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Ascher v. Edward Moyse & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Washington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Ahmad v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Rushing v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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