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Lee v. Lawson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 10, 1979No. 51628PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

375 So.2d 1019 (1979)

Rena LEE

v.

Robert "Tot" LAWSON, Sheriff of Pike County, Mississippi.

No. 51628.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 10, 1979.

Mack Brabham, McComb, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the County Court of Pike County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that she was indigent and unable to afford any sum of money for a bail bond and praying that she be released on…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Benson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
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  3. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Andre Antonio Fairley v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019
  5. State v. BlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994

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