Legal Opinion

Connell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1997No. 94-KP-01194-SCTPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

691 So.2d 1004 (1997)

James CONNELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 94-KP-01194-SCT

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 10, 1997.

James Connell, Holly Springs, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

James Connell appeals from a denial of his motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County. Connell now claims that the trial court erred in using perjured testimony to convict him and that he received ineffective assistance of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Gilliard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Patterson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Young v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Ford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Rushing v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Coleman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000

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