Legal Opinion

Ravencraft v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 12, 2008No. 2007-KA-01825-COAPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

989 So.2d 437 (2008)

Buddy John RAVENCRAFT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2007-KA-01825-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

August 12, 2008.

George T. Holmes, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., CHANDLER, GRIFFIS and ROBERTS, JJ.

ROBERTS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On September 19, 2007, a jury sitting before the Amite County Circuit Court found Buddy John Ravencraft guilty of murder, grand larceny, and unlawful possession of a motor vehicle. Incident to the murder conviction, the circuit…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Swington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Jimmy Shinn v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
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  4. Christopher Reshad Rice a/k/a Christopher Rice a/k/a Christopher Rashad Rice v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025
  5. Donald Ray Robinson a/k/a Donald R. Robinson v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025

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