Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 1989No. DP-43PublishedCited by 215 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

547 So.2d 59 (1989)

Samuel JOHNSON, a/k/a Samuel Bice Johnson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-43.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 19, 1989.

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., Laurence T. Sorkin, Anthony Paduano, Floyd Abrams, and Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ON MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Johnson was convicted of capital murder in the circuit court of Pike County on change of venue from Covington County in September, 1982, and…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Cabana v. BullockSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by215 opinions

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  4. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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