Legal Opinion

Marks v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 31, 1988No. 57853PublishedCited by 91 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

532 So.2d 976 (1988)

Frederick S. (Shawn) MARKS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57853.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 31, 1988.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1988.

Leslie Scott, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Frederick S. Marks was tried and convicted by the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi, for the murder of his wife, Mary Woods Marks. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment in the custody…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by91 opinions

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  3. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Ladner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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