Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 2006No. 2003-DP-00765-SCTPublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
933 So.2d 930 (2006)
Devin A. BENNETT
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2003-DP-00765-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 11, 2006.
Rehearing Denied August 3, 2006.
Office of Capital Defense Counsel, by Andre De Gruy, Stacy P. Ferraro, J. Edward Rainer, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General, by Melanie Kathryn Dotson, Marvin L. White, attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. This is the appeal of a capital murder conviction and death sentence handed down by a Rankin County Circuit Court jury.
BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
¶ 2. Brandon Allen Bennett…
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