Legal Opinion
Branch v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 27, 2004No. 2002-DP-01315-SCTPublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
882 So.2d 36 (2004)
Lawrence BRANCH
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2002-DP-01315-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 27, 2004.
Rehearing Denied September 30, 2004.
Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by James Lappan, Candy Lawson, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Melanie Kathryn Dotson, Judy T. Martin, Marvin L. White, Jr., attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Upon finding Lawrence Branch guilty of the crime of capital murder for the January 21, 2001, killing of Dorothy Jorden, the same jury imposed the death penalty. On this direct…
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