GILL v. STATE

No. 2006-CA-01687-SCT.

962 So.2d 552 (2007)

Gladys GILL, Edward F. "Red" Graham, Glenn Hopkins, Lonnie Meadows and David Tucker v. STATE of Mississippi, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Barrett, for appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Charles Willis Pickering, Sr., attorneys for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., DICKINSON and LAMAR, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is an appeal of a trial court's refusal to permit intervention. The question presented is whether a private citizen should be allowed to intervene in a criminal case and challenge the trial court's exoneration of Clyde Kennard who, many years ago, was convicted of burglary and died in jail.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. In 1960, a Forrest County grand jury indicted Kennard and Johnny...

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