Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1987No. 56838PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
504 So.2d 1196 (1987)
James Earl JONES
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 56838.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 18, 1987.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 22, 1987.
James D. Minor, Oxford, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.
GRIFFIN, Justice, for the court:
James Earl Jones was tried and convicted for rape by the Circuit Court of Lafayette County. He was sentenced to serve a term of 35 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
The basis for Jones'…
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