Legal Opinion

Corley v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1991No. 90-KP-1055PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

585 So.2d 765 (1991)

Randy Scott CORLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KP-1055.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 4, 1991.

Randy Scott Corley, pro se.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BANKS, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Problems of the plea process plague and perplex our courts. Today's case presents a particular point of which we have penned but little. Our rules provide that, before a guilty plea may be accepted, the Circuit Court must find a factual basis for it. Today's appeal…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. United States v. BroceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Reynolds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. McClendon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by89 opinions

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  2. Hannah v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  4. Gaskin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Templeton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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