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Layne v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1989No. 58292PublishedCited by 95 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

542 So.2d 237 (1989)

Robert Brent LAYNE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58292.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1989.

Thomas D. Berry, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Today's appellant, together with an accomplice, developed a rather sordid plan of robbery and when the drunken victim did not cooperate, stabbed him repeatedly with his knife. Convicted of capital murder, appellant presents questions regarding the legal…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Pinkney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by95 opinions

  1. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Willie v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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