Legal Opinion

Garrison v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 2006No. 2005-KA-01512-SCTPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

950 So.2d 990 (2006)

Ralph GARRISON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2005-KA-01512-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 2006.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 2007.

Thomas C. Levidiotis, Oxford, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

En Banc.

RANDOLPH, Justice, for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Ralph Garrison ("Garrison") pled guilty to one count of rape and two counts of armed robbery in January of 1978. Garrison served his sentence and was released from prison in 1992. In 2000, the Mississippi Legislature enacted Miss.Code Ann.…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wallace v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Bosarge v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  3. Hartman v. McInnisMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Forrest Thomas, III v. Mississippi Department of CorrectionsMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Bergeron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011

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