Legal Opinion
Smith v. Thigpen
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided June 13, 1988No. Civ. A. J83-0573(B)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BARBOUR, District Judge.
Willie Albert Smith brings this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, attacking the judgment of conviction and death sentence entered against him on July 30, 1981, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Hinds County, Mississippi. For the reasons set out below, the Petition is denied.
Smith was convicted of the murder of Shirley Roberts during the course of a robbery in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e). Roberts was abducted on the morning of March 15, 1981, from the parking lot of the convenience…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Willie Albert Smith v. Eddie Lucas, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Funk v. Taubman Co., Ltd.District Court, D. Maryland · 2000
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