Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 27, 1987No. DP-43PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

511 So.2d 1333 (1987)

Samuel Bice JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-43.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 1987.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1987.

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., Laurence T. Sorkin, Anthony Paduano, Lisa Pearson, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ON MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Samuel Bice Johnson filed a petition for relief under our Mississippi Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act (CRA), Miss. Code…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Clemons v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Pinkney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Clemons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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