Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided December 16, 2003No. 2002-KA-01902-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MYERS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Johnny Lee Brown was convicted in the Circuit Court of Scott County for burglary of an inhabited dwelling. The court sentenced Brown to a term of twenty-two years to be served in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Brown assigns the following issues to be reviewed by this Court:

I. WHETHER THE JURY WAS PROPERLY INSTRUCTED

II. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE APPELLANT’S FINGERPRINTS TO BE ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE

III. WHETHER THE VERDICT WAS CONTRARY TO THE OVERWHELMING WEIGHT OF LAW AND EVIDENCE

IV. WHETHER THE APPELLANT RECEIVED INEFFECTIVE…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Roundtree v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  2. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016

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