Legal Opinion

Roberson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1966No. 43752PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

185 So.2d 667 (1966)

Arnold ROBERSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 43752.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1966.

Lee B. Agnew, Jackson, Joe B. Hawkins, Raleigh, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., R. Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice.

The appellant, with another, was indicted, granted a severance, and tried and convicted of attempting to burn an unoccupied dwelling. He was sentenced to two years in the State Penitentiary, and from this conviction and judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Floyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Seals v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. House v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Weaver v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. McVeay v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Wilson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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