McCOY v. STATE

No. 2013-KA-00390-SCT.

147 So.3d 333 (2014)

James McCOY a/k/a Robert Johnson a/k/a James Desean McCoy, v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by W. Daniel Hinchcliff , George T. Holmes , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart , John R. Henry, Jr. , attorneys for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., CHANDLER and KING, JJ.


WALLER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. James McCoy appeals his convictions and sentences in the Union County Circuit Court for two counts of armed robbery. McCoy's appellate counsel argues that McCoy's sentences are excessive and the result of vindictiveness, that McCoy was denied a fair trial due to the prosecutor's use of the golden-rule argument, and that McCoy received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. McCoy has filed a pro se supplemental...

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