Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1999No. 1998-CP-01128-SCTPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

751 So.2d 1035 (1999)

Charles Sylvester BELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-CP-01128-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1999.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 2000.

Charles Sylvester Bell, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND McRAE, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This matter is before the Court on appeal from the denial of Charles Sylvester Bell's motion for post-conviction relief by the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi. Because Bell knowingly waived his double jeopardy and ex post…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State v. TokmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Schmitt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Charles Sylvester Bell v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Pleas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000
  2. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
  4. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Vandergriff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006

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