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Grooms v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1978No. 50339PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

357 So.2d 292 (1978)

Robert L. GROOMS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50339.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1978.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1978.

Cunningham, Smith & Ferrell, John A. Ferrell, Booneville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Catherine W. Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Robert L. Grooms, Jr., was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Prentiss County for the crime of murder. The lower court sentenced him to serve a life term under the jurisdiction of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Sharplin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  2. McLelland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Herron v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Murphree v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Marr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Mangum v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  2. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Mason v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Hammond v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Ruffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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