BENNETT v. STATE

No. 2006-DR-01516-SCT.

990 So.2d 155 (2008)

Devin A. BENNETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Relief by Glenn S. Swartzfager, Jackson, Louwlynn V. Williams, Thomas C. Levidiotis, Oxford, attorneys for appellant.

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

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The matter before us is Devin A. Bennett's petition for post-conviction relief from a capital-murder conviction and death sentence. We grant him leave to file his petition in the trial court solely on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of the trial. We deny the petition in all other respects.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

¶ 2. Yolanda Lewis took her two-month-old infant...

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