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Burney v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1987No. 57078PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

515 So.2d 1154 (1987)

William E. BURNEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57078.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1987.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1987.

Cleve McDowell, Drew, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

William E. Burney was indicted on January 24, 1983, by a Yalobusha County grand jury for attempted armed robbery and for burglary of an inhabited dwelling with a deadly weapon. Mr. Burney was tried and convicted on those charges in August 1983. These…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Underwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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