Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 3, 1982No. 53754PublishedCited by 311 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

422 So.2d 737 (1982)

Connie Ray EVANS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53754.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 3, 1982.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1982.

Bell & Collins, James D. Bell, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Connie Ray Evans and Alfonso Artis were jointly indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Honorable William F. Coleman, presiding, on a charge of capital murder. Evans entered a plea of guilty to the charge and the trial…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by311 opinions

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  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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