Legal Opinion
Leatherwood v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1989No. DP-25-APublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
539 So.2d 1378 (1989)
Michael Dale LEATHERWOOD
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. DP-25-A.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 22, 1989.
Felice Busto, Washington, D.C., Samuel Walters, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.
Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
EN BANC.
SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:
Michael Dale Leatherwood pled guilty on December 8, 1981, to capital murder, and was sentenced by a jury on December 9, 1981, to suffer the death penalty. Following affirmance by this Court on direct appeal,[1]…
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3Cited by75 opinions
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