Legal Opinion

Rush v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1999No. 1998-CP-01341-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

749 So.2d 1024 (1999)

William RUSH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-CP-01341-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1999.

William Rush, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case comes to this Court on appeal of William Rush from a denial of post-conviction relief by the Circuit Court of Lowndes County. Rush claims double jeopardy in that he was previously charged and convicted in Monroe County for the same charge in the case at bar. Rush also claims his attorney was ineffective. After…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Randolph v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Pinkney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Armstrong Knight v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  5. Lewis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000

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