Legal Opinion
Garrison v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1998No. 95-CT-00263-SCTPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
726 So.2d 1144 (1998)
Melissa Laurel GARRISON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 95-CT-00263-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 18, 1998.
Rehearing Denied October 8, 1998.
Donald J. Rafferty, Gulfport, for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Jackson, for Appellee.
En Banc.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
McRAE, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Melissa Garrison was found guilty of murdering her mother, Betty Garrison, by a jury of the Harrison County Circuit Court on December 2, 1994. Her conviction was affirmed by a plurality of the Court of Appeals on May 20, 1997. The Court of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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