Legal Opinion

Gillett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 2014No. 2010-DR-01072-SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Roger Gillett was convicted of two counts of capital murder and sentenced to death on each. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentences on direct appeal in Gillett v. State, 56 So.3d 469 (Miss.2010), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 844, 181 L.Ed.2d 552 (2011). Gillett now petitions for post-conviction relief, seeking permission to proceed in the trial court. Gillett raises six issues, which we have organized as follows:(1) The underlying capital-murder ag-gravator of robbery was improperly expanded;(2) Conviction of capital murder under the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Clemons v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Dameion Stewart a/k/a Dameon Stewart v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025
  5. Everett Moore v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018

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