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Langston v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 25, 1979No. 51401PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

373 So.2d 611 (1979)

Booker T. LANGSTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51401.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 25, 1979.

Edmund L. Baugh, Jr., Aberdeen, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Calvin Coolidge Williams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Booker T. Langston was convicted in the Circuit Court of Monroe County for grand larceny and sentenced to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

There are two cardinal issues on appeal, the first being whether the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. BOLIN v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Dueitt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Edmonds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Tillman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Mitchell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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