JORDAN v. EPPS

Civil Action No. 1:05CV260KS.

740 F.Supp.2d 802 (2010)

Richard JORDAN, Petitioner v. Christopher EPPS, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections and Jim Hood, Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Southern Division.

August 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Voisin , David P. Voisin, Attorney, Jackson, MS, for Petitioner.

Marvin L. White, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KEITH STARRETT, District Judge.

Introduction.

Richard Gerald Jordan was convicted of capital murder in the Circuit Court of Harrison County. He has had two trials on guilt and sentence—one in 1976 and one in 1977. He has had two additional sentencing trials—in 1983 and 1998. The 1998 sentence is currently before the court on a habeas petition.

Facts of the crime.

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