Legal Opinion

Pruett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 27, 1990No. 89-CA-0814PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

574 So.2d 1342 (1990)

Marion Albert PRUETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-CA-0814.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 27, 1990.

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Stephen B. Bright, Palmer Singleton, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal was argued on the same day as Wilson v. State, 574 So.2d 1324 (Miss. 1990), and 574 So.2d 1338 (Miss. 1990), and is controlled by our holding therein.

Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-15-17 (Supp. 1990), is not unconstitutional and this case…

Also in this document: Dissent · Anderson; Concurrence; Dissent · Anderson.

2Cases cited145 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Penson v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Eakes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Hunt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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