Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1986No. 55294PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

483 So.2d 363 (1986)

Jimmy POWELL a/k/a Jamel Hobson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55294.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 12, 1986.

Robert R. Rester, Harrell & Rester, Brandon, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice for the Court:

Jimmy Powell, also known as Jamel Hobson, appeals from his conviction of armed robbery in the circuit court of Rankin County and sentence to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The only issue we discuss is whether the circuit judge erred in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Agee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Lee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Pinkney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Bevill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Cabello v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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