MOFFETT v. STATE

No. 55052.

456 So.2d 714 (1984)

James Vincent MOFFETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Miller, Biloxi, David Seth Michaels, New York City, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., William S. Boyd and Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

On the evening of December 27, 1980, a white, female, self-service gas station attendant was robbed, shot and killed while on the job in Gulfport, Mississippi. Two days later James Vincent Moffett was arrested on an unrelated charge, but in due course thereafter was indicted on the charge of capital murder arising out of this incident. Trial saw a Harrison County jury on July 15, 1981 find Moffett guilty of capital murder...

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