Legal Opinion

Puckett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 25, 1999No. 96-DP-00867-SCTPublishedCited by 265 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

737 So.2d 322 (1999)

Larry Matthew PUCKETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-DP-00867-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 25, 1999.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1999.

Michael Adelman, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

ś 1. Larry Matthew Puckett was indicted during the January 1996 term of the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, for the capital murder of Rhonda Hatten Griffis on October 14, 1995, while engaged in the commission of the crime of sexual battery in violation of Miss.Code…

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2Cases cited98 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by265 opinions

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