MERRITT v. STATE

No. 56030.

517 So.2d 517 (1987)

Larry Alan MERRITT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.V.E. Joy, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

Today, Larry Alan Merritt charges error in denial of his claim for post-conviction relief from a final judgment that he murdered his two-year-old daughter. Central to the case is a claim that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his trial. Beyond this, Merritt seeks to present issues that either were or ought to have been decided on his original appeal, issues which...

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