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WILLIAMS v. PUCKETT

No. 00-60547.

283 F.3d 272 (2002)

Jessie Derrell WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S.W. PUCKETT, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections and Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Sumrall (argued), Gulfport, MS, Chester Allen Nicholson, Nicholson & Nicholson, Gulfport, MS, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr. (argued), Judy Kristin Thomas Martin, Jackson, MS, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

On January 11, 1983, Jessie Derrell Williams murdered Karen Ann Pierce. The killing was gruesome. Pierce likely was alive when Williams cut out her genitals. He then stabbed her in the chest and slit her throat. Williams does not dispute that he murdered Pierce nor does he dispute the manner in which he committed the murder. After a trial and conviction for capital murder, a jury sentenced Williams to death. After exhausting his state...

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