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De La BECKWITH v. STATE

Nos. 94-KA-00402-SCT, 91-IA-01207-SCT.

707 So.2d 547 (1997)

Byron De La BECKWITH, VI v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrida Coxwell, Keyes Danks Coxwell & Leonard, Jackson, Jim Kitchens, Kitchens & Ellis, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Steven D. Orlansky, Watkins & Eager, Jackson; Steven M. Freeman, Harlan A. Loeb, New York City, for Amicus Curiae.

En Banc.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Medgar Evers, first Field Secretary for the NAACP in the State of Mississippi was shot in the back and murdered in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963. Byron De La Beckwith, VI was arrested and charged with the murder on June 23, and indicted by the grand jury of Hinds County in July of 1963. He was twice tried in February and April of 1964. In each case, a hung jury necessitated a mistrial. Following his second trial, Beckwith...

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