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ROUSE v. STATE

No. 45059.

222 So.2d 145 (1969)

Burl Thomas ROUSE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bernard Gautier, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, Burl Thomas Rouse, was indicted, tried, and convicted of the July 11, 1967, murder of his 14-year-old stepdaughter, Kathleen Simmons, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Inasmuch as the jury found the defendant guilty as charged, he was sentenced to death.

Since the questions raised in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L...

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