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Williams v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1998No. 97-DR-01389-SCTPublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

722 So.2d 447 (1998)

Jessie Derrell WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-DR-01389-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 17, 1998.

Tom Sumrall, Chester Nicholson, Gulfport, for Appellant.

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

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

I

¶ 1. Jesse Derrell Williams was tried in 1983 for capital murder while engaged in the commission of a kidnaping. The facts showed that, following a night of alcohol and drug use, Williams tackled Karen Ann Pierce and dragged her into a wooded area where he slashed her throat with a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Havard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Burns v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Howard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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