Legal Opinion
Dawkins v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided May 24, 2005No. 2004-CP-00014-COAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
919 So.2d 92 (2005)
Ellis DAWKINS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2004-CP-00014-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
May 24, 2005.
Ellis Dawkins, Appellant, pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Daniel Hinchcliff, attorney for appellee.
Before KING, C.J., IRVING and BARNES, JJ.
BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Ellis Dawkins entered a plea of guilty on August 19, 2002, to the capital rape of his daughter, who was aged ten at the time of the assault. Dissatisfied with receiving the minimum sentence of twenty years (ten of which were suspended) and five years of post-release…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Eakes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- Jefferson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
- Callins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
- Dawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
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