Legal Opinion
Nicholas Demorst v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided June 20, 2017No. 2015-KA-01900-COAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIR, J.,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Hunter Miller was shot and killed during a robbery attempt while trying' to illegally' buy prescription narcotics from a friend of a friend (of a friend, of a friend). Nicholas ' Demorst was linked to the botched - drug deal by phone records, and he was subsequently-identified as the killer by the other participants in the abortivé deal. Demorst was convicted of capital murder, and on appeal he contends he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court committed plain error in allowing into evidence recordings of phone calls…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Frank Howard v. Barbara Bouchard, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Goff v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
- Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Carl Alton Brady v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2022
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