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Hamlin v. Barrett

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1976No. 49059PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

335 So.2d 898 (1976)

Burnell HAMLIN

v.

Paul BARRETT, Sheriff.

No. 49059.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1976.

Brown, Alexander & Sanders, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by J.B. Garretty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

By petition for writ of habeas corpus, Hamlin (appellant) is testing the validity of a judgment (upon his guilty plea) of the Circuit Court of Warren County ordering him to serve three years in the penitentiary for forgery. The sentence was suspended and Hamlin placed on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Pipkin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. Claude L. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  2. State Ex Rel. Brewer v. StarcherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Berdin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Banks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983

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