Legal Opinion

Dycus v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 10, 1983No. 53840PublishedCited by 229 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

440 So.2d 246 (1983)

Earl DYCUS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53840.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 10, 1983.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1983.

Mary C. Henkel, Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court on Part I.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court on Part II.

The appellant, Earl Dycus, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, for the capital murder of Rhonda McBride, a child sixteen months of age. A motion for change…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by229 opinions

  1. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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