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BROWN v. STATE

No. 2002-DP-01548-SCT.

890 So.2d 901 (2004)

Xavier BROWN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Andre de Gruy, Scott Joseph Schwartz, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Melanie Kathryn Dotson, Marvin L. White, Jr., attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

GRAVES, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. On February 26, 1998, Felicia Newell was found dead in her car. She had been shot with a nine-millimeter pistol in the parking lot of her apartment building in Hattiesburg. The police had a prime suspect: Felicia's ex-husband Anthony Sims, who had history of threatening violence against her. Felicia was set to testify against him in an upcoming hearing.

¶ 2. The police found Sims two days later, dead of a prescription...

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