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Erik Wayne Hollie v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 24, 2015No. 2014-DP-00006-SCTPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Erik Wayne Hollie walked into a pawn shop in Wesson, Mississippi, and *826killed the owner because he didn’t follow “the Lord.” Hollie claimed “the Lord” led him there to kill the man. A couple of days before the murder, Hollie robbed a gas-station attendant at knife point because, according to Hollie, the two men had argued about religion.

¶2. Shortly after the murder, Hollie turned himself in and confessed to both the armed robbery and the capital murder. The trial judge appointed an attorney to represent Hollie, and he filed a motion for a mental…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Timothy Nelson Evans v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Terry Pitchford v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Larry Pointer, III v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  5. Alberto Julio Garcia a/k/a Alberto J. Garcia a/k/a Alberto Garcia v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2020

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