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Jones v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 2007No. 2006-KA-00343-SCTPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]

¶ 1. Danny Jones (Jones) was indicted by the grand jury of Jones County, Second Judicial District, for wilfully and feloniously killing Delores Knight (Knight), without authority of law, with malice afore-thought and deliberate design to effect the death of Knight, by shooting her with a shotgun, in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated Section 97-3-19 (Rev. 2006). Jones was tried and convicted by a jury for Knight's murder.

¶ 2. The trial court sentenced Jones…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Barfield v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Alvin Brown v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Bright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008

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