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Bishop v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 2002No. 2000-DP-00341-SCTPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, J.,

For The Court.

¶ 1. Marcus James Gentry was brutally murdered on a dirt road in Lee County, Mississippi, not far from the town of Saltil-lo on the night of December 10, 1998. Dale Leo Bishop and Jessie Dewayne Johnson were indicted by a Lee County Grand Jury for capital murder. The two defendants were tried separately. A jury found Bishop guilty of capital murder, with the underlying felony being kidnaping. Bishop and the State waived a jury trial as to sentencing. At sentencing, the circuit judge, finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Bishop contemplated that lethal force would be…

2Cases cited202 opinions

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  2. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Michigan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bishop v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002

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