Legal Opinion
Irving v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1986No. 54358PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
498 So.2d 305 (1986)
John Buford IRVING, III
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 54358.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 30, 1986.
Rehearing Denied November 12, 1986.
Robert B. McDuff, Deborah Hodges Bell, University, Lawrence Speiser, John Racin, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. and Amy Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT AND DEATH SENTENCE
Irving was convicted of capital murder by the Circuit Court of Pontotoc…
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3Cited by131 opinions
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