Legal Opinion

Puckett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 2001No. 96-DP-00867-SCT, 1999-DP-01437-SCTPublishedCited by 170 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

788 So.2d 752 (2001)

Larry Matthew PUCKETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

Nos. 96-DP-00867-SCT, 1999-DP-01437-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 28, 2001.

Michael Adelman, Hattiesburg, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is denied. The original opinions are withdrawn, and these opinions are substituted therefor.

¶ 2. Larry Matthew Puckett was convicted of capital murder on August 2, 1996, in the Forrest County Circuit Court and sentenced to death. On direct appeal, this…

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2Cases cited198 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Clemons v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by170 opinions

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