Sisson v. State

483 So.2d 1338 (1986)

Melanie A. SISSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56738.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 19, 1986.

Falton O. Mason, Jr., Oxford, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This case presents the question whether, after the running of the period for which execution of a sentence of imprisonment in a criminal case has been suspended, the circuit court has power to order service of the imposed but suspended sentence.

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