Legal Opinion

Dimaio v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided October 24, 2006No. 2005-KA-00782-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On January 24, 2005, Joseph T. Dimaio was convicted by a Tallahatchie County Circuit Court jury of two counts of burglary of a church, two counts of petit larceny, and one count of felony malicious mischief. Dimaio raises the following issue on appeal, which we quote verbatim.

I. APPELLANT WAS DENIED A FUNDAMENTALLY FAIR TRIAL AS GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION. BECAUSE:

a) THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY FAILING TO GRANT APPELLANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS THE WARRANT BASED SEARCH OF THE APPELLANT’S HOME

b) THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Giles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Boyda v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  2. Burke v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  3. Earnest Varnado, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015

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