In Re Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
457 So.2d 911 (1984)
In re Willie Albert SMITH.
No. 53564.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 26, 1984.
Robert J. Brantley, Kirksey, Brantley & DeLaughter, Jackson, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:
Before us is the second petition for writ of error coram nobis of Willie Albert Smith.[1] It assigns a new and distinct ground for post-conviction relief, namely: that two eyewitnesses committed perjury when they made in-court identification of Smith as the person who abducted…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
- York v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Welch v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Willie Albert Smith v. Eddie Lucas, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
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