Legal Opinion

Berry v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1990No. 89-DP-199PublishedCited by 255 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

575 So.2d 1 (1990)

Earl Wesley BERRY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-DP-199.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1990.

David O. Bell, Oxford, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

BLASS, Justice, for the court:

On March 1, 1988, the grand jury of Chickasaw County indicted Earl Wesley Berry for the murder and kidnapping of Mary Bounds, and as an habitual criminal. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1990); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-19-81 (Supp. 1990). In a bifurcated trial, Berry was…

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2Cases cited71 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by255 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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