Legal Opinion

Simpson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 25, 1996No. 93-KP-00220-SCTPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

678 So.2d 712 (1996)

Henry Lee SIMPSON,

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 93-KP-00220-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 25, 1996.

Henry Lee Simpson, Parchman, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Henry Lee Simpson filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County which was denied by the lower court. Aggrieved, Simpson appeals to this Court claiming the following errors: ineffective assistance by his counsel, Cleve McDowell; that the lower court failed…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Washington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000
  2. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999
  4. Fairley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
  5. Sherrod v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001

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