Legal Opinion

Reeves v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 27, 2002No. 2001-KA-00915-COAPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Donald Reeves was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pike County of two counts of arson and sentenced to serve fifteen years on each count to run consecutively with the last ten years to be served on post release supervision. He was also ordered to pay restitution, court appointed attorney fees, and court costs. Aggrieved he asserts the following on appeal:

*79I. THE VERDICT OF THE JURY WAS AGAINST THE OVERWHELMING WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE.

II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO HOLD A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE APPELLANT WAS COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.

¶ 2. Finding…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Gandy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Dudley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wilder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  2. Shannon Rayner v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  3. Camara Johnson v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  4. Jason Rush v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2026
  5. Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003

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