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Woodham v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 2001No. 1998-KA-01689-SCTPublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

800 So.2d 1148 (2001)

Luke T. WOODHAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-KA-01689-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 29, 2001.

Leslie D. Roussell, Collins, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the court.

¶ 1. Luke T. Woodham was indicted on October 20, 1997, in Rankin County for the murder of his mother, Mary Ann Woodham. A five-day jury trial was conducted in Neshoba County following a change of venue. On June 5, 1998, the jury returned a guilty verdict, and Woodham was sentenced to life…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Fare v. Michael C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Mease v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Caston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Hearn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Edmonds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Hawthorne v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Thorson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004

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