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STATE v. READ

No. 58458.

544 So.2d 810 (1989)

STATE of Mississippi v. Cathy READ.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

Richard H. Wilson, Brandon, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Cathy Read petitioned the County Court of Rankin County on April 21, 1987, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Following an evidentiary hearing, Judge James W. Smith, Jr., granted the petition, and issued an order on May 22, 1987, directing the Parole Board to immediately release Read from the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The State of Mississippi appealed this order on June 5, 1987, pursuant to § 99...

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