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LEATHERWOOD v. STATE

No. DP-25-A.

539 So.2d 1378 (1989)

Michael Dale LEATHERWOOD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felice Busto, Washington, D.C., Samuel Walters, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Michael Dale Leatherwood pled guilty on December 8, 1981, to capital murder, and was sentenced by a jury on December 9, 1981, to suffer the death penalty. Following affirmance by this Court on direct appeal,1 Leatherwood sought relief pursuant to the "Mississippi Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act," Miss. Code Ann., § 99-39-1, et seq. (Supp. 1988). In consequence, this Court remanded...

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