Legal Opinion

De La Beckwith v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1997No. 94-KA-00402-SCT, 91-IA-01207-SCTPublishedCited by 143 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

707 So.2d 547 (1997)

Byron De La BECKWITH, VI

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

Nos. 94-KA-00402-SCT, 91-IA-01207-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 22, 1997.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1998.

Merrida Coxwell, Keyes Danks Coxwell & Leonard, Jackson, Jim Kitchens, Kitchens & Ellis, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Steven D. Orlansky, Watkins & Eager, Jackson; Steven M. Freeman, Harlan A. Loeb, New York City, for Amicus Curiae.

En Banc.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Medgar Evers, first Field Secretary for the NAACP in the…

Also in this document: Dissent · Lee; Dissent · Lee; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited186 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by143 opinions

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