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HOWARD v. STATE

No. 2003-DR-01881-SCT.

945 So.2d 326 (2006)

Eddie Lee HOWARD, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, by Robert M. Ryan, Jackson, Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams, William J. Clayton, Batesville, attorneys for petitioner.

Office of the Attorney General, by Judy T. Martin, Jackson, attorneys for respondent.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. After Georgie Kemp, age 84, was found murdered in her home, Eddie Lee Howard, Jr., was indicted on the charge of capital murder with the underlying felony of rape. He was found guilty and a jury sentenced him to death. On appeal, we held that Howard's waiver of his right to counsel in order to represent himself was not voluntary, that the circuit court erred in failing to conduct a competency hearing

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