Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1996No. 90-DP-00266-SCTPublishedCited by 276 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

684 So.2d 1179 (1996)

Jessie Derrell WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-DP-00266-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1996.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1996.

Thomas M. Fortner, Jackson, Ross Parker Simons, Pascagoula, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Marvin L. White, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Jessie Derrell Williams' first trial in April of 1983, resulted from an indictment by the Jackson County grand jury for the crime of capital murder of Karen Ann…

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2Cases cited178 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by276 opinions

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