Legal Opinion

DIDON v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided April 7, 2009No. 2008-CA-00928-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Following his conviction of child molestation and sentence as a habitual offender of life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), Bobby Didon filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. Didon’s motion was denied. Aggrieved by this ruling, Didon appeals. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Didon was indicted by a Lawrence County grand jury on December 16, 2003, for the crime of touching, handling, and fondling a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Moody v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Sayre v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  5. Swington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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