Legal Opinion

Leatherwood v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 1989No. DP-70PublishedCited by 231 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

548 So.2d 389 (1989)

Alfred Dale LEATHERWOOD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-70.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 19, 1989.

John H. Anderson, Hattiesburg, Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow and Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Alfred Dale Leatherwood has appealed his conviction in the Circuit Court of Forrest County of rape and sentence to death. Because of the improper admission of hearsay testimony of statements made by…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by231 opinions

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  2. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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