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COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 56075.

482 So.2d 221 (1986)

Edwin COLEMAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia J. Russell, Carnathan, Malski & Ford, Amory, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This case is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi, wherein the defendant/appellant, Sheriff Edwin Coleman, was convicted of constructive or indirect criminal contempt of court for failure to incarcerate a felon in the Alcorn County Jail. Coleman was sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) days in the Pontotoc County Jail and pay a $500 fine, plus all court costs. The thirty day jail term was suspended upon...

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