Sherwood Dwayne Brown v. State of Mississippi

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A DeSoto County jury convicted Sherwood Brown of one count of capital murder and two counts of murder and sentenced him to death. The Court grant*887ed Brown’s successive petition for post-conviction relief and allowed Brown to proceed in the trial court on his claim that he was mentally retarded and exempt from execution. After a hearing, the trial court held that Brown had failed to prove by a preponderance of evidence that he was mentally retarded. Brown appealed.

Factual Background and Procedural History

¶ 2. The jury convicted Sherwood Brown of one count of…