Legal Opinion

Faraga v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 29, 1987No. DP-62PublishedCited by 298 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 295 (1987)

Lazaro FARAGA

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-62.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 29, 1987.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1987.

Thomas H. Scruggs, Kenneth J. Rose, Sweet & Rose, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, and Orbie Craft, Dist. Atty., Brandon, for appellee.

Before the court en banc.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Lazaro Faraga appeals from his conviction of the crime of capital murder in the circuit court of Rankin County and sentence to death.…

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2Cases cited101 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by298 opinions

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

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