Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 26, 1989No. DP-86PublishedCited by 288 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PITTMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

Gregory Davis was indicted for the capital murder of Addie Reid by the grand jury of the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The cause was transferred to Forrest County for trial on a motion for change of venue. After a bifurcated trial Davis was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. From that conviction and sentence he appeals, assigning four errors. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

On March 31, 1987, Gregory Davis, a resident of Jackson, Mississippi, went to Manship Street…

2Cases cited108 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by288 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  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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