Legal Opinion

Thorson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 20, 1998No. 96-DP-00144-SCT, 90-DP-00015-SCTPublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

721 So.2d 590 (1998)

Roger THORSON, a/k/a Roger Eric Thorson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

Roger Eric THORSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

Nos. 96-DP-00144-SCT, 90-DP-00015-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 20, 1998.

Henry Dale Robinson, Elizabeth Jane Hicks, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Leslie L. Lee, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

En Banc.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

¶ 1. Roger Eric Thorson was convicted of capital murder by a Walthall County Circuit Court jury and sentenced to death by lethal injection. In September of 1988,…

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2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  5. State v. AntwineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987

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3Cited by106 opinions

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