Legal Opinion

Vickery v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 1988No. 57950PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

535 So.2d 1371 (1988)

Patricia VICKERY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57950.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 1988.

Donald J. Steighner, Columbus, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen., by Harrison S. Ford, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

Patricia Vickery was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana. Vickery was sentenced to eighteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and fined $40,000.00. On appeal,…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Aetna Insurance v. Kennedy Ex Rel. BogashSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Dillingham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by157 opinions

  1. Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Puckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Giles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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