Legal Opinion
Burns v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 2004No. 2003-CA-00447-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
879 So.2d 1000 (2004)
Joseph Daniel BURNS a/k/a "Jo Jo" Burns
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2003-CA-00447-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 24, 2004.
Rehearing Denied August 19, 2004.
Michael Adelman, Hattiesburg, for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Judy T. Martin, Marvin L. White, Jr., for Appellee.
EN BANC.
EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Joseph Daniel Burns's ("Burns") conviction of capital murder and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, Burns v. State, 729 So.2d 203 (Miss.1998), and certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court, Burns v. Mississippi, 527 U.S. 1041, 119…
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