Legal Opinion
Powers v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 19, 2006No. 2003-DR-02810-SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
945 So.2d 386 (2006)
Stephen Elliot POWERS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2003-DR-02810-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 19, 2006.
Rehearing Denied January 18, 2007.
Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams, Robert M. Ryan, William J. Clayton, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr., attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Stephen Elliot Powers was charged with the 1998 murder and attempted rape (capital murder) of Elizabeth Lafferty. Powers was represented at trial by retained counsel. At the…
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