Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1978No. 50382PublishedCited by 325 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

360 So.2d 1206 (1978)

Charles S. BELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50382.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 1978.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1978.

Paul Richard Lambert, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi. Charles S. Bell was indicted for the capital murder of Danny C. Haden pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1977). He was afforded a bifurcated trial under the standards…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by325 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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