Legal Opinion
Edwards v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1982No. 53298PublishedCited by 270 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
413 So.2d 1007 (1982)
Leo E. EDWARDS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 53298.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 14, 1982.
Rehearing Denied May 26, 1982.
Stanfield & Holderfield, Percy S. Stanfield, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
BROOM, Justice, for the Court:
The death penalty was ordered at Leo E. Edwards' trial upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Lindsey Don Dixon while engaged in the commission of robbery. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1981).[1] Trial was in the Circuit Court of the…
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