Legal Opinion

Johns v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 2006No. 2003-CT-00716-SCTPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

926 So.2d 188 (2006)

Oliver JOHNS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2003-CT-00716-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 6, 2006.

Oliver Johns, Jr., appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Dee Bates, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

GRAVES, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In November, 1996, Oliver Johns was convicted of aggravated assault in the Circuit Court of Pike County and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Johns appealed the conviction, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court. This Court denied the petition for writ of…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. TokmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Mohr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. UHS-Qualicare, Inc. v. GULF COAST COM. HOSP., INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Mullins v. RatcliffMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Daniel Parish v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Porter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
  3. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
  4. John Ray Kidd v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  5. Magee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013

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