Legal Opinion
Doss v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 2004No. 1999-DR-00296-SCTPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. Anthony Joe Doss was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Robert C. Bell. Doss's conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court on direct appeal. See Doss v. State, 709 So.2d 369 (Miss. 1996), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1111, 118 S.Ct. 1684,140 L.Ed.2d 821 (1998). The following summary of the facts is compiled from that opinion:
On May 6, 1991, outside Sparks Stop-N-Shop, a small grocery store in rural Grenada County, Doss, James, Coffey, and Freddie Bell (who was Doss's co-defendant) were sitting at a picnic table when the events giving rise to the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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