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JEFFERSON v. STATE

No. 2011-CP-00265-COA.

95 So.3d 709 (2012)

Dennis JEFFERSON a/k/a Dennis E. Jefferson, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

July 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Jefferson, appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Roger Googe Jr. , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., MAXWELL and RUSSELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2009, the Mississippi Legislature created a statutory right to compensation by the State for "innocent people" wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. The following year, Dennis Jefferson petitioned for statutory compensation. Jefferson claimed he was entitled to compensation because this court reversed his burglary conviction in 2008 and, under the direct-remand rule, remanded his case to the circuit court for resentencing for...

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