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RANSOM v. STATE

No. 2002-CT-00267-SCT.

919 So.2d 887 (2005)

Melvin Darnell RANSOM v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Darnell Ransom, pro se.

W.E. Gore, Jr., Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Faye Peterson, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Melvin Darnell Ransom was convicted of strong-arm robbery and sentenced by the Hinds County Circuit Court to serve a term of fifteen years in prison. Ransom's appeal of his conviction was assigned to the Court of Appeals. A divided (4-3-2) Court of Appeals found that trial counsel was ineffective when it failed to investigate alibi testimony and to timely...

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