Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 2009No. 2004-KA-00625-SCTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
9 So.3d 1132 (2009)
Keith Duran SANDERS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2004-KA-00625-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 28, 2009.
Edmund J. Phillips, Jr., attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
PIERCE, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Keith Duran Sanders was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Darryl Baxstrum and sentenced to life imprisonment. After due consideration, we find that Sanders was entitled to a competency hearing and reverse the conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial in accordance with this opinion.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hearn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
- Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
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