Legal Opinion
MacKey v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 2010No. 2007-CT-01785-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
DICKINSON, Justice,
for the Court.
We have discovered that ... to banish the knight does not alleviate the suffering of the peasant.
—C.S. Lewis
¶ 1. This is a banishment case in which the Circuit Court of Forrest County issued a suspended sentence of thirty years and then ordered the defendant not to come within one hundred miles of Hattiesburg. Upon learning the defendant had violated the banishment order, the trial court revoked the suspension of the sentence.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. Ronnie Mackey pleaded guilty to one count of transfer of a controlled substance.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Bank of Mississippi v. SOUTHERN MEMORIAL PARK, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- United States v. Mohamad AbushaarCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- McCreary v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Means v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Ronnie MacKey v. Robert HelfrichCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Ratcliff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
- Carroll v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
- James Ratcliff v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
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