Brown v. Mississippi
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Sacory Brown directly appealed his conviction for burglary of a dwelling to the Supreme Court. Brown received a twenty-five year sentence, with eighteen years to serve and seven years suspended (with five of those years on post-release supervision). On appeal, he argued that the Miranda warning he was given before making an inculpatory statement to the police was insufficient because it did not explicitly inform him of his right to stop talking to the police at any time. He also argued that the twenty-five-year sentence was grossly disproportionate in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Furthermore, he argued that the evidence supporting the verdict was legally insufficient and the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the
evidence. Finding no error, the Supreme Court affirmed Brown's conviction and sentence.
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