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Byrd v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1988No. 57593PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

522 So.2d 756 (1988)

A.J. BYRD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57593.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 23, 1988.

L. Paul Kossman, Nancy P. Kossman, Kossman & Kossman, Cleveland, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, ROBERTSON and ZUCCARO.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the court:

A.J. Byrd was indicted, tried and found guilty in the Circuit Court, Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, Mississippi, for aggravated assault. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty (20) years in the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Faraga v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Wiley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Gates v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Boyington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Minnick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Mohr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Handley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Burrell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Atterberry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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