Legal Opinion
Whitlock v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 2010No. 2009-KA-01323-SCTPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLSON, Presiding Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Jerry Lamar Whitlock was convicted for the crime of attempted automobile burglary in the Circuit Court of Rankin County. Whitlock was sentenced to life without parole as a habitual offender under Mississippi Code Section 99-19-83. He appealed, alleging specific errors committed during the course of his trial. Finding Whitlock’s assignments of error to be without merit, we affirm the judgment of the Rankin County Circuit Court.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIAL COURT
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