Legal Opinion
La'Darrian McCray v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided July 17, 2018No. 2016-KA-01592-COAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, C.J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Following a jury trial in the Hinds County Circuit Court, La'Darrian "D.J." McCray was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted aggravated assault. McCray was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and twenty years for the aggravated-assault conviction, with the sentences ordered to run concurrently in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In this direct appeal, McCray argues that he (1) received ineffective assistance of counsel, and (2) the trial court erred by denying his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV)…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Tolbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
- Daniels v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
- Hooker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
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