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Odom v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1986No. 57338PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

498 So.2d 331 (1986)

Richard Lloyd ODOM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57338.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1986.

David B. Clark, Florence, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

In mid 1978 Odom was charged with capital murder while engaged in the commission of armed robbery. He was tried in the Circuit Court of Rankin County; at his trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of the lesser-included offense of murder. Odom…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bullington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Dycus v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Baker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Odom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Nixon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Reynolds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Burney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Harveston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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