JACKSON v. STATE

No. 91-KA-00856-SCT.

689 So.2d 760 (1997)

Alvin Lee JACKSON and Larry V. Jackson v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Rafferty, Gulfport, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

We are compelled to reverse the convictions in this case because the defendants were tried, in absentia, in violation of our statutory law as most recently interpreted by this Court in Sandoval v. State. A recurring issue in this case is the decision of the trial court on the question of the legality of the search. We pass upon other dispositive issues and those likely to recur.

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