JORDAN v. STATE

No. 50551.

365 So.2d 1198 (1978)

Richard Gerald JORDAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levi, Denham & Russell, Rhett R. Russell, Ocean Springs, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen A. Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Capital punishment was ordered at Richard Gerald Jordan's trial upon an indictment charging him with murder while engaged in the commission of the crime of kidnapping. The Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, tried the case, venue having been changed from Harrison County. Mrs. Edwina Marter was the victim of Jordan's offenses committed on January 13, 1976, and his appeal asserts a number of grounds for reversal. We affirm.<...

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