Legal Opinion

Shorter v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided January 2, 2007No. 2005-CA-01458-COAPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

946 So.2d 815 (2007)

Alonzo SHORTER, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2005-CA-01458-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 2, 2007.

William L. Bambach, Columbus, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

GRIFFIS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Alonzo Shorter appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, he alleges six errors: (1) defective indictment, (2) ineffective assistance of counsel, (3) insufficiency of evidence, (4) improper comments during closing by the prosecutor, (5) involuntary guilty…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Brandon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  2. Nichols v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  3. Ricky Lee Shies v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  4. Justin Dominique Holmes v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  5. Andrew Graham, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016

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