Legal Opinion
Chase v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 1997No. 96-DP-00750-SCTPublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
699 So.2d 521 (1997)
Ricky CHASE
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 96-DP-00750-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 7, 1997.
Cynthia A. Stewart, Thomas E. Royals & Associates, Jackson, for Appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Leslie S. Lee and Marvin L. White, Jr., Special Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.
En Banc.
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Ricky Chase was convicted in February 1990 of capital murder for the robbery and murder of Elmer Hart outside Hazelhurst in Copiah County. His conviction and death sentence were affirmed by this Court in Chase v. State, 645 So.2d 829…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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