Legal Opinion

Goff v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 2009No. 2006-DP-00815-SCTPublishedCited by 175 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Joseph Bishop Goff was convicted by the George County Circuit Court in the capital murder of Brandy Stewart Yates during the commission of a robbery and was sentenced to death by lethal injection.1

¶ 2. Goff raises twelve issues on appeal:

I. The trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence which resulted from the unreasonable seizure that violated Goff’s rights pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United *633States and Section 23 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

II. The trial court erred in permitting Goff to act as his own…

2Cases cited150 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by175 opinions

  1. Batiste v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Galloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Pitchford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Corrothers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014

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