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NIXON v. STATE

No. DP-65.

533 So.2d 1078 (1987)

John B. NIXON, Sr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc:

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

John B. Nixon, Sr. was convicted in the Circuit Court of Rankin County of capital murder of Mrs. Virginia Tucker as the trigger man in a murder-for-hire scheme. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(d) (1987) provides the definition of such a crime as:

(2) The killing of a human being without the authority of law by any means or in any manner shall be capital murder in the following...

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