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Compton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1984No. 55221PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

460 So.2d 847 (1984)

Jerry COMPTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55221.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 5, 1984.

J. Norman Brown, Forest, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BOWLING and PRATHER, JJ.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi, wherein appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of burglary and sentenced to a term of six (6) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved with the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. Kenneth George MontosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Pennington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Brunson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Minnick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Hunt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Armstead v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Godbold v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Vaughn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986

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