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JACKSON v. ANDERSON

No. 95-60789.

112 F.3d 823 (1997)

Frank JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James V. ANDERSON, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Jackson, Parchman, MS, pro se.

Jo Anne McFarland McLeod, Michael Cameron Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Frank Jackson, a Mississippi state prisoner, appeals the denial of federal habeas corpus relief. He argues that he was illegally sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual offender because the prosecution failed to prove that he had served separate terms of at least one year on each of his two prior felony convictions as required by Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-83.1 We affirm.

In 1972, Jackson was convicted...

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