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PUCKETT v. STATE

No. 2000-DR-01077-SCT.

849 So.2d 94 (2002)

Larry Matthew PUCKETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Terri L. Marroquin, Robert Ryan, attorneys for appellant.

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

McRAE, Presiding Justice, Dissenting.

¶ 20. The analysis used by the majority to disregard this Court's holding in Booker v. State, 699 So.2d 132 (Miss.1997), and its adoption of the doctrine of equitable tolling are fatally flawed. For these reasons, I dissent.

¶ 21. The majority disregards this Court's holding in Booker by asserting that the decision is only a plurality decision which does not create...

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