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BELL v. WATKINS

No. 50382.

381 So.2d 118 (1980)

Charles Sylvester BELL v. John C. WATKINS, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Steve Hargett, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary; Gene Walters, Sheriff of Forrest County, Mississippi; T.B. Bruce, State Executioner; and the State of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Richard Lambert, Hattiesburg, Campbell & DeLong, James L. Robertson, Greenville, John L. Maxey, II, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellees.

En Banc.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS AND/OR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

On June 22, 1976, D.C. Haden was shot to death in a wooded area in Forrest County, Mississippi. Charles Sylvester Bell was indicted for the capital murder of D.C. Haden while engaged in the commission of a felony, to-wit: The crime of kidnapping and armed robbery. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (1972), as amended. Petitioner...

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