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Benson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 2002No. 2000-CA-00704-SCTPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

821 So.2d 823 (2002)

Bruce BENSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-CA-00704-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 18, 2002.

Chokwe Lumumba, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., DIAZ and EASLEY, JJ.

DIAZ, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On September 24, 1993, Bruce Benson was tried and convicted by a jury, in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, the Honorable Keith Starrett presiding, for the sale of cocaine. Benson was given a fifteen-year sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Mohr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Hiter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Weatherspoon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Berry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Simon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Graves v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2016
  5. Jordan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009

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