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Powell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1995No. 92-KA-00253-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

662 So.2d 1095 (1995)

Johnnie Mae POWELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 92-KA-00253-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 26, 1995.

Shelly Nichols Ellis, Ellis, Ellis & Fisher, Tupelo, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, DeWitt T. Allred, III, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and McRAE, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

Johnnie Mae Powell was convicted by a jury of the Clay County Circuit Court on January 23, 1992, for the murder of Jennifer Hodges. She was sentenced to serve life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Duplantis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Tolbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Rubenstein v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. McGaughy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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