Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided January 25, 2011No. 2009-CP-00524-COAPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. Larry Evans pled guilty to manslaughter and armed robbery. He later filed a motion for post-conviction relief. The circuit court summarily dismissed Evans’s motion. Aggrieved, Evans appeals. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Evans and two accomplices robbed a convenience store in Hinds County, Mississippi. One of Evans’s accomplices shot Bharat Bhushan, a clerk at the convenience store. Bhushan survived. Evans chased another clerk, Dalijt Singh, out of the convenience store and shot him in the stomach. Singh did not survive.

¶ 3. On…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Manning v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Higginbotham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  2. Garrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  3. Higginbotham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  4. Conwill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  5. Tucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012

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