Moffett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
456 So.2d 714 (1984)
James Vincent MOFFETT
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 55052.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 22, 1984.
J.W. Miller, Biloxi, David Seth Michaels, New York City, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., William S. Boyd and Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
On the evening of December 27, 1980, a white, female, self-service gas station attendant was robbed, shot and killed while on the job in Gulfport, Mississippi. Two days later James Vincent Moffett was arrested on an unrelated charge, but in due…
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