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EVANS v. STATE

Nos. 93-DP-01173-SCT, 94-CA-00176-SCT.

725 So.2d 613 (1997)

Donald Leroy EVANS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Boyd, III, Gulfport, for Appellant.

Donald Leroy Evans, Florence, CO, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Marvin L. White Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Leslie Staehle Lee, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On August 5, 1991, Donald Leroy Evans was arrested in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, for the kidnapping of ten-year old Beatrice Louise Routh. Evans was subsequently transferred to Mississippi where he confessed to murdering Beatrice. On October 15, 1991, Evans was indicted for capital murder with the underlying felony of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery. Due to extensive...

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