Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1974No. 47700PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
293 So.2d 1 (1974)
Isiah BENNETT
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 47700.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 8, 1974.
Ben Owen, Columbus, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
SUGG, Justice:
This case is before the Court on direct appeal by Bennett from a decision of the Circuit Court of Lowndes County denying his petition for writ of error coram nobis, and on cross-appeal by the State of Mississippi.
Bennett was convicted of murder on May 18, 1972, sentenced to serve a life term in the Mississippi State Penitentiary and transferred to…
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