Legal Opinion

Culberson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1982No. 50802PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

412 So.2d 1184 (1982)

Alvin CULBERSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50802.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1982.

Albert Sidney Johnston, Jr., Biloxi, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS

Petitioner has twice been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On his first appeal, Culberson v. State, 348 So.2d 1025 (Miss. 1977) his conviction was reversed because he was not given a bifurcated trial as required under our decision in Jackson…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Culberson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  3. John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Warren v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1935

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. People v. CurtisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  3. James Brown v. Christopher ArtuzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  4. Hurley E. Underwood v. Richard Clark and Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  5. Cabello v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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