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JONES v. THIGPEN

No. 83-4085.

741 F.2d 805 (1984)

Larry JONES, Petitioner-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Dept. of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellants Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., William S. Boyd, III, Marvin L. White, Jr., Amy Whitten, Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellants cross-appellee.

Freeland & Gafford, T.H. Freeland, III, T.H. Freeland, IV, Oxford, Miss., Mary Carolyn Ellis, University, Miss., for petitioner-appellee cross-appellant.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 1, 1984.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Larry Jones was convicted in Mississippi of capital murder and was sentenced to death. After appealing his conviction and seeking collateral relief in the Mississippi state courts, Jones filed this petition for habeas corpus. The district court denied relief with regard to Jones' conviction but vacated his death sentence on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of...

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