Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided November 20, 2012No. 2011-KA-00889-COAPublished

1Concurrence

ROBERTS, J.,

specially concurring:

¶ 21. I concur with the majority’s well-reasoned opinion. However, I feel compelled once again to write separately to address a matter not raised by either party but glaringly apparent from the record — the circuit court’s clearly unlawful sentence. In so doing, I reiterate matters I discussed in my specially concurring opinion in Burton v. State, 970 So.2d 229 (Miss.Ct.App.2007).

¶ 22. The jury found Wilson guilty of grand larceny based on the theft of a 2001 *1188Chevrolet 2500 Duramax four-wheel-drive truck, a sixteen-foot utility trailer, and two “zero-turn”…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Hoops v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Nichols v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Pool v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
  5. State v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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