Legal Opinion

Cole v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 1995No. 94-DP-00217-SCTPublishedCited by 297 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

666 So.2d 767 (1995)

West COLE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 94-DP-00217-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 1995.

James W. Craig, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Marvin L. White, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and McRAE, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the denial of an evidentiary hearing by the Hinds County Circuit Court on West Cole's Application for Leave to File Motion to Vacate Judgment and Death Sentence filed on September 1, 1989, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann.…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Prather; Dissent · Smith; Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence · Banks; Dissent · Smith.

2Cases cited59 opinions

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  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by297 opinions

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