Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 2005No. 2003-CT-00083-SCTPublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
904 So.2d 149 (2005)
Jessie Frank JONES
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2003-CT-00083-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 31, 2005.
David L. Walker, Tommy W. Defer, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Jesse Frank Jones was convicted of attempted burglary and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 25 years in prison. The Court of Appeals unanimously reversed and remanded for a new trial after finding that evidence of prior crimes was improperly admitted into…
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