Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 2000No. 98-KA-00130-SCTPublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

767 So.2d 986 (2000)

David L. DAVIS a/k/a David Latrell Davis

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00130-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 29, 2000.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 2000.

Herman F. Cox, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

COBB, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. David Latrell Davis was indicted for capital murder while in the commission of the crime of robbery and tried in the Jackson County Circuit Court. The jury found Davis guilty of capital murder and sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Aggrieved,…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Kentucky v. StincerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Gomez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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  3. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Snow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Flowers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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