Legal Opinion
Sykes v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 24, 1999No. 97-KA-01545-COAPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
749 So.2d 239 (1999)
Sylvester SYKES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 97-KA-01545-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
August 24, 1999.
Michael G. Thorne, Tupelo, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., BRIDGES, AND IRVING, JJ.
SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court:
¶ 1. Sylvester Sykes was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County of burglary of a building. On appeal Sykes challenges the weight and sufficiency of the evidence, the use of peremptory challenges to jurors, the admissibility of his confession,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- MacK v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by13 opinions
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