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Copeland v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1982No. 53950PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

423 So.2d 1333 (1982)

James COPELAND

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53950.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 22, 1982.

Ford & Ford, James O. Ford, Tupelo, James D. Minor, University, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, ROY NOBLE LEE and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This case involves an appeal of a conviction and nine year sentence imposed on the appellant for his sale of a controlled substance to an agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

On the night of April 4, 1979,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Billy Ray HuffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Gordon E. Van Liew, Dell Van Liew, Arthur R. Becker, Verne C. Madison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  4. Ponder v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  5. United States v. Felix Davila WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Nixon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Stromas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. BerryhillMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Hodges v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Stevens v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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