Legal Opinion
Stevens v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 2001No. 2000-DP-00507-SCTPublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
806 So.2d 1031 (2001)
Benny Joe STEVENS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2000-DP-00507-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 13, 2001.
Rehearing Denied February 14, 2002.
Morris Sweatt, Sr., Columbia, J.C. Ainsworth, Jr., Monticello, Attorneys for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Judy T. Martin, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.
EN BANC.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
EASLEY, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On January 12, 1999, Benny Joe Stevens ("Stevens") was indicted in Marion County on four counts of capital murder and one count of aggravated assault. The indictment charged that on October 18, 1998,…
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