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Kennedy v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 1999No. 98-CP-00338-SCTPublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

732 So.2d 184 (1999)

Victor KENNEDY a/k/a Victor Lewis Kennedy a/k/a Victor Louis Kennedy

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-CP-00338-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 28, 1999.

Appellant, Pro Se.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Kennedy challenges the authority of the trial court to sentence him to life imprisonment for murder pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-21. We conclude that Kennedy's sentence was not illegal and accordingly affirm the judgment of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Luckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Roland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Sneed v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Kennedy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Bullock v. HARPOLE, S. ST. PENITENTIARYMississippi Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Conley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  4. Grayer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012

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