Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1971No. 46160PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
243 So.2d 550 (1971)
Jessie J. DORSEY and Wilbert Lee Cameron
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 46160.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 25, 1971.
Eddie H. Tucker, R. Jess Brown, Jackson, for appellants.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Velia Ann Mayer, John M. Kinard and Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:
Dorsey and Cameron were convicted of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Franklin County. They contend that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. They were identified by Mrs. Landers, the robbery victim, as the two men who…
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