Legal Opinion

Leatherwood v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 17, 1983No. 53914PublishedCited by 310 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

435 So.2d 645 (1983)

Michael Dale LEATHERWOOD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53914.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1983.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1983.

August 17, 1983.

Wilkins, Ellington & James, Samuel H. Wilkins, James O. Nelson, II, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, wherein the appellant, Michael Dale Leatherwood, pled guilty to the capital murder of Albert Taylor and was…

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2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by310 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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