Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1983No. 53640PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
441 So.2d 1382 (1983)
Tommy Lee JACKSON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 53640.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 21, 1983.
Don H. Evans, Jackson, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
BROOM, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Murder while engaged in robbery is the offense for which Tommy Lee Jackson was found guilty at his trial in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1983). Instead of ordering the death penalty, the jury fixed the punishment as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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