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EVANS v. THIGPEN

Civ. A. No. J87-0081(B).

683 F.Supp. 1079 (1987)

Connie Ray EVANS, Petitioner, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

June 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley Payne, Jackson, Miss., Stephen M. Latimer, Bloomfield, N.J., for petitioner.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Atty. General's Office, Jackson, Miss., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court upon the Petitioner's second petition for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Evans pled guilty to the capital murder of a grocery store clerk in October of 1981, and the court proceeded to hold a trial on the sole issue of what sentence he should receive. Evans was sentenced to death by a jury verdict. The facts of the crime and previous...

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