Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 1986No. Misc. No. 2094PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
490 So.2d 860 (1986)
Edward SMITH
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
Misc. No. 2094.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 28, 1986.
Edward Smith, pro se.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
ON MOTION FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF
A. Edward Smith filed a motion for post conviction relief to vacate a conviction and sentence for murder in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, on March 29, 1982. The conviction and sentence to serve a life sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Edwards v. ThigpenMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Robertson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Kinney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999
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