POWERS v. STATE

No. 2003-DR-02810-SCT.

945 So.2d 386 (2006)

Stephen Elliot POWERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams, Robert M. Ryan, William J. Clayton, attorneys for appellant.

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

EN BANC.


CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Stephen Elliot Powers was charged with the 1998 murder and attempted rape (capital murder) of Elizabeth Lafferty. Powers was represented at trial by retained counsel. At the conclusion of the trial, Powers was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection. This Court affirmed both the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Powers v. State, 883 So.2d 20 (Miss.2003), cert...

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