Legal Opinion
Jones v. Thigpen
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 27, 1983No. Civ. A. S81-0109(R)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAN M. RUSSELL, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 2,1974, Arthur Weinberger was killed in his place of business in Biloxi, Mississippi. Three men, Willie Reddix, J.D. Reddix, and Larry Jones, were indicted for capital murder pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (1972). The indictment charged that these three men murdered Arthur Weinberger while they were engaged in the commission of a felony — armed robbery. Larry Jones entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment.
The case was called for trial in the Circuit Court of Harrison County and on March 19, 1975, Jones was found…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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