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Irving v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1983No. 54358PublishedCited by 270 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

441 So.2d 846 (1983)

John Buford IRVING, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54358.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 24, 1983.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1983.

Ford & Ford and James O. Ford, Tupelo, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

John Buford Irving, III, was originally tried, convicted and sentenced to death in 1976 for the capital murder of store owner Gambrell Ray of Pontotoc County. Both conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court in Irving v. State, 361 So.2d 1360…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. John A. Spinkellink, 1 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Bullock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by270 opinions

  1. Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  3. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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