Legal Opinion

Tanner v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 2000No. 98-KA-00008-SCTPublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

764 So.2d 385 (2000)

Boman L. TANNER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00008-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 4, 2000.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2000.

Michael J. Malouf, Sr., Michael James Malouf, Jr., Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Attorney for Appellee.

En Banc.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Boman L. Tanner ("Tanner") was indicted for the crime of capital murder in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District. On October 15, 1997, Tanner was convicted by a jury for the capital murder of Verna Wood and sentenced to a term of…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by88 opinions

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