Legal Opinion

Hansen v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1991No. 89-DP-0823PublishedCited by 511 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

592 So.2d 114 (1991)

Tracy Alan HANSEN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-DP-0823.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1991.

Dale Robinson, Gulfport, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

We are confronted today with the senseless slaying of a veteran state trooper, to which the jury responded by sentencing the killer to die. What stands out on review is how few of the hundreds of rulings the trial judge made from beginning…

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2Cases cited231 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by511 opinions

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