Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1983No. 54115PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

429 So.2d 262 (1983)

Robert Lee DAVIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54115.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 6, 1983.

Robert Lee Davis, pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Billy Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Robert Lee Davis brings this appeal from the Circuit Court's denial of habeas corpus relief. On April 20, 1972, Davis began the service of three consecutive life sentences. Disingenuously, he argues that he is eligible for parole as though he were under a single life sentence. The Circuit Court denied…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Watts v. LucasMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Griffin v. First United Bank of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Rubenstein v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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