HOLLAND v. STATE

No. 1999-DR-00273-SCT.

878 So.2d 1 (2004)

Gerald James HOLLAND v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, by Robert Ryan, Loulynn Vanzetta Williams, attorney for appellant.

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

EN BANC.


SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Gerald James Holland applies for post-conviction relief concerning his conviction for the 1986 capital murder of Krystal King committed during the commission of a felony, i.e., rape. His 15 year old victim was raped, viciously beaten and stabbed. The cause of death was asphyxiation from a ligature placed around her neck and clothing stuffed down her throat. Holland further mutilated the body to conceal the cause the death...

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