Legal Opinion
Julian Hawkins v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2018No. 2017-KA-00883-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Julian Hawkins was transferred from the Forrest General Hospital Emergency Room, where he was acting erratically and unusually, to Pine Grove Behavioral Health Center. At Pine Grove, Hawkins attacked a nurse and struggled against those who were thereafter holding him down. He was charged with two counts of simple assault on "medical personnel." The jury convicted him on one of those charges, and acquitted him on the second. Hawkins appeals, centering his argument around alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Because this issue cannot be determined…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Correy James Dartez v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
- Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
3Cited by7 opinions
- Cynthia Burford a/k/a Cynthia Laurine Burford v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020
- Cynthia Burford a/k/a Cynthia Laurine Burford v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2021
- Dalvin Latham v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2020
- Jerry Beale, Jr. a/k/a Jerry Beale a/k/a Jerry Lee Beale a/k/a Jerry Lee Beale Junior a/k/a Jerry Lee Beale, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022
- Marquis Jumarlo Stevenson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019
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