Legal Opinion
Jeffries v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1998No. 97-KA-00796-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
724 So.2d 897 (1998)
Cynthia M. JEFFRIES
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 97-KA-00796-SCT
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 17, 1998.
Roy D. Campbell, III, Greenville, John A. Bussian, Attorneys for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General By Deirdre McCrory, Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.
Before PITTMAN, P.J., and SMITH and MILLS, JJ.
MILLS, Justice, for the Court:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. Cynthia M. Jeffries was convicted of criminal contempt in the Circuit Court of Washington County and sentenced to seventy-two hours in the county jail. Aggrieved by the contempt conviction, Jeffries appeals.
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