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RUSSELL v. STATE

No. 97-DR-00046-SCT.

849 So.2d 95 (2003)

Willie C. RUSSELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford Smith, attorney for appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Willie C. Russell was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Argentra Cotton, a Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officer, on July 18, 1989, at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Russell was an inmate at the time of the murder, serving time on a conviction of armed robbery. On his first direct appeal to this Court, Russell's capital murder conviction was affirmed, but his...

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