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Sanders v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 2001No. 1999-KA-00786-SCTPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

801 So.2d 694 (2001)

Cora SANDERS a/k/a Cora Lee Sanders

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-00786-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 13, 2001.

Belinda J. Stevens, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Cora Sanders appeals her conviction for capital murder and her sentence of life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Finding no error in the proceedings below, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

¶ 2. In her testimony, the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Howard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Dampier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Shumaker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
  4. Archer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012

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