Legal Opinion
Chase v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 2004No. 2003-DR-01335-SCTPublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
873 So.2d 1013 (2004)
Ricky CHASE
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2003-DR-01335-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 20, 2004.
Cynthia Stewart, Jackson, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr., Dunn Lampton, attorney for appellee.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. On June 20, 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided that execution of the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and is therefore prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002).…
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