Legal Opinion
Birkhead v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 2017No. 2013–M–00330PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Now before the Court, en banc , is the Application for Leave to Proceed in the Trial Court filed by Richard Birkhead, pro se . A Response was filed by the State of Mississippi.
On appeal, the Court affirmed Birkhead's conviction and sentence. See Birkhead v. State , 57 So.3d 1223 (Miss. 2011). The mandate issued on March 10, 2011. On April 25, 2013, a panel of the Court denied Birkhead's pro se Application for Leave to Proceed in the Trial Court.
In the present Application, Birkhead claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel based upon: (a) trial and appellate counsel's failure…
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- Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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