Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 2008No. 2006-DR-01516-SCTPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
990 So.2d 155 (2008)
Devin A. BENNETT
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2006-DR-01516-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 28, 2008.
Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Relief by Glenn S. Swartzfager, Jackson, Louwlynn V. Williams, Thomas C. Levidiotis, Oxford, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Pat McNamara, Marvin L. White, Jr., attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. The matter before us is Devin A. Bennett's petition for post-conviction relief from a capital-murder conviction and death sentence. We grant him leave to file his…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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