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DAVIS v. STATE

No. 98-CP-00615-COA.

738 So.2d 299 (1999)

Robert L. DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

March 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Davis, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred III, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE BRIDGES, C.J., COLEMAN, AND IRVING, JJ.

BRIDGES, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This case involves an appeal from a Washington County Circuit Court order denying post-conviction relief to Robert L. Davis. In his motion for postconviction relief, Davis attacked his 1972 conviction and life imprisonment sentence for the crime of forcible rape, arguing that the judge was without authority to sentence him to life imprisonment absent a recommendation by a jury. The trial judge denied Davis's motion finding ...

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