Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 2007No. 2005-KA-01938-SCTPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
961 So.2d 670 (2007)
Ronald Chris FOSTER a/k/a Ron Chris Foster
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2005-KA-01938-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 31, 2007.
Rehearing Denied August 16, 2007.
Michael R. Farrow, Columbus, Steve Wallace, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. We vacated the death sentence of Ronald Chris Foster pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Roper v. Simmons, and directed the Circuit Court of Lowndes County to resentence Foster to life in prison without…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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