Legal Opinion
King v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1987No. 56648PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mack Arthur King petitioned the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for writ of error coram nobis. From that court's denial of his petition, King appeals. Because we find no error, we affirm.
FACTS
In December of 1980, King was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Lelia Patterson and sentenced to death. This Court affirmed that conviction and sentence. King v. State, 421 So.2d 1009 (Miss. 1982), cert. denied 461 U.S. 919, 103 S.Ct. 1903, 77 L.Ed.2d 290 (1983). Subsequently King petitioned this Court for leave to file in the circuit court a petition for writ of error coram nobis. This Court denied that…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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