Legal Opinion

Bostic v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1988No. 58010PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

531 So.2d 1210 (1988)

Master BOSTIC

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58010.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 28, 1988.

Patricia F. Dunmore, Sanders, Blackmon & Dunmore, Natchez, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the court:

At issue in this appeal is the physical removal from the courtroom of a criminal defendant when his conduct at the trial proceedings becomes disruptive. Finding that the trial judge responded properly to the disorderly…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

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