Legal Opinion

Pugh v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1990No. 07-KP-59506PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

563 So.2d 601 (1990)

Thomas PUGH

v.

STATE of Mississippi, et al.

No. 07-KP-59506.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 6, 1990.

Thomas Pugh, Parchman, pro se.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and BLASS, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, Thomas Pugh filed a habeas corpus petition in the Sunflower County Circuit Court. The petition was rejected, and Pugh now appeals for relief. This Court affirms.

A. Factual Background

Because no evidentiary hearing was held in this case, this opinion's…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  2. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Donald Wayne Green v. Robert Christiansen, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. MerrittDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
  5. Lanier v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1973

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