Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1987No. DP-69PublishedCited by 149 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

512 So.2d 1291 (1987)

Danny Ray DAVIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-69.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 23, 1987.

Robert G. Gilder, Susan M. Guerieri, Southaven, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald G. Barlow, Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson and Robert L. Williams, Dist. Atty., Hernando, for appellee.

En Banc.

ANDERSON, Justice for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Tate County, wherein the appellant, Danny Ray Davis, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.

On April 2, 1985, the body…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by149 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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