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THIGPEN v. ROBERTS

No. 82-1330.

468 U.S. 27 (1984)

104 S.Ct. 2916

82 L.Ed.2d 23

THIGPEN, COMMISSIONER, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. v. ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Boyd III, Special Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General, and Bill Allain, former Attorney General.

Rhesa H. Barksdale, by invitation of the Court, 464 U.S. 1006, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. With him on the brief was Luther T. Munford. A brief for respondent was also filed.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

On August 6, 1977, respondent Barry Joe Roberts lost control of his car and collided with a pickup truck, killing a passenger in the truck. Shortly after the accident, Roberts received citations for reckless driving, driving while his license was revoked, driving on the wrong side of the road, and driving while intoxicated. He was convicted of these four misdemeanors in a Justice of the Peace Court in Tallahatchie...

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