Legal Opinion
Cole v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 1987No. DP-58PublishedCited by 350 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, C.J., for the Court:
West Cole was charged by indictment with the capital murder of Nettie Mae Whitten. At a bifurcated trial in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Hinds County, he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. From that conviction and sentence he appeals, assigning eighteen (18) errors. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction and sentence.
Between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. on December 22, 1983, Sonny Gallman and his son Joey Richardson drove in separate vehicles to the Midway Grocery in Hinds County to purchase gasoline. As Richardson…
2Cases cited87 opinions
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