Legal Opinion

Spicer v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 5, 2006No. 2003-DP-02281-SCTPublishedCited by 176 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COBB, Presiding Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On April 30, 2003, a George County jury found Fred Sanford Spicer, Jr., guilty of capital murder. After a sentencing hearing, the jury determined that Spicer should be given the death penalty, and the trial court entered judgment sentencing him to death by lethal injection. Spicer filed a Motion for New Trial, or in the Alternative J.N.O.V., which the trial court denied. He now appeals to this Court and raises the following issues:

1.Denial of his state and federal constitutional and statutory rights because he was brought before the jury in shackles…

2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by176 opinions

  1. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Goff v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Batiste v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Galloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Chamberlin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008

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