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NIXON v. STATE

No. 94-DP-0564.

641 So.2d 751 (1994)

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

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Clark, Mark P. Caraway, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, Brian F. Toohey, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Sandra Gammie, Robert S. Gilmore, Mark A. Belasic, Jones Day Firm, Cleveland, OH, James W. Craig, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Ass't Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

ON PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue presented by this petition is whether an intervening decision by the United States Supreme Court should be applied retroactively to John B. Nixon Sr.'s final conviction for capital murder — a crime which arose out of a murder-for-hire conspiracy. Nixon's trial commenced on March 24, 1986, and culminated in a verdict...

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