Legal Opinion
John v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 1977No. 49682PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
347 So.2d 959 (1977)
Smith JOHN and Harry John
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 49682.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 11, 1977.
Rehearing Denied July 20, 1977.
Edwin R. Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker Underwood, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.
SUGG, Justice, for the Court:
The defendants, Smith John and Harry John, were convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Leake County to serve two years in the penitentiary.[1]
The primary question is one of jurisdiction between the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Winton v. AmosSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- United States of America v. State Tax Commission of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Montross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. JohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Parks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979
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