Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1994No. 93-DP-00670PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

648 So.2d 63 (1994)

Willie Albert SMITH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 93-DP-00670.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 21, 1994.

Percy Stanfield, Stanfield Carmody Coxwell & Clark, Jackson, John J. Kenney, Brad N. Friedman, David E. Massengill, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for appellant.

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

EN BANC.

ON MOTION AND APPLICATION FOR A LIFE SENTENCE, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR A NEW SENTENCING HEARING

HAWKINS, Chief Justice, for the court:

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Clemons v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Melissa Webster v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001

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