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Smiley v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 2002No. 2000-KA-00606-SCTPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

815 So.2d 1140 (2002)

Christopher B. SMILEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-KA-00606-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 2002.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 2002.

Sanford E. Knott, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., DIAZ and EASLEY, JJ.

PITTMAN, C.J., For The Court.

¶ 1. Christopher B. Smiley ("Smiley") was convicted by a Copiah County Circuit Court jury of the murder of Doremus Stevens ("victim") a.k.a. "Dank." Smiley was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Mohr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Grayer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Shelton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Casey Sheldon Woods v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018

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