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   State Courts - Mississippi - April 3, 2007

  
Turner v. State, NO. 2005-CP-02348-COA, COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, April 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's plea was entered into voluntarily as he was informed of charge, effect of plea, rights he would waive, and possible sentence. Under Miss. Unif. Cir. & County Ct. Prac. R. 8.04(A)(3), there was factual basis to accept plea. Defendant failed to support ineffective assistance of counsel claims and was not deprived of speedy trial.

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Westbrook v. State, NO. 2006-CP-01207-COA, COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, April 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's sentence of twenty years with ten suspended and five years post-release supervision was within limits of Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139(c). Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139 was not unconstitutional due to ambiguity as subsections (b) and (c) stated purpose, and were not vague or overbroad. Indictment was not defective and counsel was effective.

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Wilson v. Strickland, NO. 2005-CA-02235-COA, COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, April 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Peremptory strike was not race-neutral because, in requesting the strike, counsel argued that he wished to strike the juror because she was Baptist; however, counsel did not strike another juror who was also Baptist and white, and the juror was not questioned about her religion and whether that would impair her ability to be an impartial juror.

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