Legal Opinion
Knox v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 2005No. 2002-DR-00912-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
901 So.2d 1257 (2005)
Steve KNOX a/k/a Steve Michael Knox
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2002-DR-00912-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 24, 2005.
Rehearing Denied June 2, 2005.
Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Robert M. Ryan, Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General, Attorneys for Appellee.
EN BANC.
SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Steve Knox was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Ella Mae Spears. On direct appeal this Court considered three issues, found those issues to be without merit and…
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