Legal Opinion

Dycus v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 2004No. 1998-DP-01094-SCTPublished

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Kelvin Dycus appeals from the judgment of the Bolivar County Circuit Court convicting him of capital murder and auto theft and sentencing him to death and five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, respectively. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the convictions and sentences.

FACTS

¶ 2. On September 24, 1996, Kelvin and Jason Dycus moved across the lawn of an old house in Cleveland, Mississippi. They had pantyhose yanked down over their faces and rubber gloves, the kind doctors use, covering their hands. One of the men carried…

2Cases cited217 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Clemons v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. McClain v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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