Legal Opinion

King v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 2001No. 1998-DP-01134-SCTPublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

784 So.2d 884 (2001)

Mack Arthur KING

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-DP-01134-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 19, 2001.

Attorneys for Appellant: Michael R. Farrow, Columbus, James E. Rocap, III, Washington, DC, Anthony J. Bellia, Jr., Buffalo, NY.

Attorneys for Appellee: Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr., Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss.

EN BANC.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case arises from Mack Arthur King's re-sentencing to death for the August 3, 1980, capital murder of Lela Patterson. For the reasons addressed below, we reverse the death…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by185 opinions

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