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COTTON v. STATE

No. 2012-KA-00705-COA.

144 So.3d 162 (2013)

Joe H. COTTON a/k/a Joe Cotton a/k/a Joe Henry Cotton, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Holmes , Jackson, Wilbert Levon Johnson , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

BARNES, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1995, Fannie Lee Burks was murdered in her apartment in Tunica County, Mississippi. At that time, the murder was deemed unsolved, and the case "went cold." However, in 2008, the Tunica County Sheriff's Office tested biological evidence that was found under Burks's fingernails at the time of her murder. The evidence had been stored in the property room. The DNA profile found under the fingernails of her right hand was consistent...

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