Leslie D. King
American judge
Leslie D. King (born January 17, 1949) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and a former state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
He was born in Greenville, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi and Texas Southern University Law School.
He married Patricia Smith and they have two daughters. He is a member of St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville.
Early life and education
King graduated from Coleman High School in Greenville, Mississippi in 1966 and then attended the University of Mississippi.
When King graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1970, he was one of only three African American students in his graduating class. King earned his Juris Doctor from Texas Southern University School of Law in 1973.
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