Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1987No. 56453PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
507 So.2d 94 (1987)
James M. FERGUSON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 56453.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 6, 1987.
Leslie Scott, Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Compton, Biloxi, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.
ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:
This appeal from the Circuit Court of Harrison County calls upon us to discuss the duty of a lawyer towards his client.
A Biloxi police officer found the appellant James Ferguson crouching in an alley next to a warehouse…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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