Legal Opinion

Payton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1998No. 95-CA-01177-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

708 So.2d 559 (1998)

Gregory Paxton PAYTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 95-CA-01177-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1998.

Gregory Paxton Payton, Leakesville, Appellant, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and BANKS and MILLS, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from the denial of Payton's motion for post conviction relief rendered on October 20, 1995, by the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi in the criminal cause number 6150 after an…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  3. Gilley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
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