Legal Opinion
Jordan v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1978No. 50551PublishedCited by 283 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
365 So.2d 1198 (1978)
Richard Gerald JORDAN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 50551.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 22, 1978.
Rehearing Denied January 24, 1979.
Levi, Denham & Russell, Rhett R. Russell, Ocean Springs, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen A. Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
BROOM, Justice, for the Court:
Capital punishment was ordered at Richard Gerald Jordan's trial upon an indictment charging him with murder while engaged in the commission of the crime of kidnapping. The Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, tried the case, venue having…
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