Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1983No. 53564PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
434 So.2d 212 (1983)
Willie Albert SMITH
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 53564.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 1, 1983.
Rehearing Denied July 27, 1983.
Minor F. Buchanan, Jackson, John E. Gregg, Raymond, Robert J. Brantley, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley and Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
BROOM, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Post-conviction relief[1] is sought by the petitioner in the instant case, Willie Albert Smith. Smith was convicted of the March 15th, 1981, capital murder of a convenience store operator,…
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