Legal Opinion

Puckett v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 27, 2004No. 2000-DR-01077-SCTPublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

879 So.2d 920 (2004)

Larry Matthew PUCKETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-DR-01077-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 2004.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 2004.

Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Robert Ryan, Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr., attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Larry Matthew Puckett (Puckett) was indicted during the January 1996 term of the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, for the capital murder of Rhonda Hatten Griffis on October 14, 1995, while…

2Cases cited71 opinions

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  4. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by43 opinions

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