Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1999No. 98-DR-00511-SCTPublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

743 So.2d 326 (1999)

Jeffrey Keller DAVIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-DR-00511-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 1999.

Samuel E.L. Anderson, Jackson, Cynthia L. Eldridge, Walter E. Wood, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

PITTMAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. On Friday, July 12, 1991, Greene County Sheriff Tommy Miller received a phone call at home from Jeffrey Keller Davis. Davis identified himself and told Miller that he had killed Linda Hillman. Sheriff Miller knew Davis and…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. State v. HesterTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Branch v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Burns v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Glasper v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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