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Stack v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 2003No. 2001-KA-01905-SCTPublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

860 So.2d 687 (2003)

Joseph Dreher STACK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2001-KA-01905-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 16, 2003.

Jack Lucian Denton, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre Mccrory, attorney for appellee.

CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Joseph Dreher Stack was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Harrison County on a two-count indictment for the murders of James Thomas and Larry Albert Chopones. Stack was then forthwith sentenced by Judge Stephen B. Simpson to serve consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Stacks…

2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Pitchford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Branch v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Hodges v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Parker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Dominic C. Robinson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018

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