Legal Opinion

Hopson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1993No. 90-KA-66PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

625 So.2d 395 (1993)

Oliver Bradford HOPSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-66.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 23, 1993.

William B. Jacob, Joseph A. Kieronski, Jr., Daniel P. Self, Jr., Self & Jacob, Meridian, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

Oliver Bradford Hopson appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute for which he was sentenced to serve thirty (30) years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, ordered to pay a fine…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Stokes v. GannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Wall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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