Legal Opinion
Tompkins v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided March 14, 2000No. 1998-KA-01806-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
759 So.2d 471 (2000)
Royce Reuben TOMPKINS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 1998-KA-01806-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
March 14, 2000.
Bernard Gautier, Pascagoula, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Pat Flynn, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, AND PAYNE, JJ.
PAYNE, J., for the Court:
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 1. This is a criminal appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, where Royce Reuben Tompkins was convicted of capital rape and sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- MacKbee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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- Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
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