Legal Opinion

Goodin v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 2008No. 2006-CT-00756-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

977 So.2d 338 (2008)

James Robert GOODIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2006-CT-00756-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 20, 2008.

James Robert Goodin, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The defendant was convicted of rape and sexual battery. The Court of Appeals affirmed both convictions, and the defendant filed a petition for certiorari review. Although the Court of Appeals correctly affirmed the rape conviction, we granted certiorari to address the trial court's jury instructions on…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hunter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Spann v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Burton by Bradford v. BarnettMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Rushing v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Lee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Scott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. ALESICH v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  4. Decarlos Antonio Moore v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017

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