Legal Opinion
Ryals v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided September 7, 2004No. 2003-CP-00499-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
881 So.2d 933 (2004)
Ricky RYALS, Appellant
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2003-CP-00499-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
September 7, 2004.
Ricky Ryals, appellant, pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
MYERS, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Ricky Ryals was indicted for capital murder in the Circuit Court of Forrest County. He pled guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ryals filed a motion for post-conviction relief that was summarily dismissed by the trial judge. Ryals now appeals to this Court and raises the following issues:
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
- Swift v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001
- Sutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re HarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
- McDougle v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
- Ryals v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
- Michael Ishee v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017