Legal Opinion
Givens v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2007No. 2006-KA-00203-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
967 So.2d 1 (2007)
Billy GIVENS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2006-KA-00203-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 30, 2007.
Rehearing Denied November 8, 2007.
Office of Indigent Appeals by George T. Holmes, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.
Before SMITH, C.J., CARLSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.
CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Billy Givens was indicted, tried and found guilty by a Humphreys County jury of murder and sentenced by the trial judge to life imprisonment. Aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and sentence, Givens appealed to this…
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