Legal Opinion

Baxter v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 29, 2014No. 2012-KA-01032-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Christopher Lee Baxter was convicted of capital murder for the death of George County Sherriff Gary Welford. Baxter appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing: (1) law enforcement pursued the vehicle in which he was a passenger without probable cause or reasonable suspicion; (2) he did not knowingly and voluntarily waive his Miranda1 rights; (3) his indictment was based on perjured testi*430mony; (4) the jury was biased; (5) Debbie Welford was allowed to give an irrelevant and prejudicial victim-impact statement during the guilt/innocence phase of trial; (6)…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dennis Thompson v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  2. Christopher Lee Baxter v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Christopher Lee Baxter v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Dennis Thompson v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  5. Julius Bender v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018

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