Legal Opinion

Howard v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1997No. 94-DP-00524-SCTPublishedCited by 201 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

701 So.2d 274 (1997)

Eddie Lee HOWARD, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 94-DP-00524-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 26, 1997.

Donna Sue Smith, Columbus; Armstrong Walters, Walters & Walters, Columbus, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson; Leslie S. Lee, Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attorneys General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

DAN LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

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2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by201 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
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  3. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Underwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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