Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1986No. 53754PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
485 So.2d 276 (1986)
Connie Ray EVANS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 53754.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 19, 1986.
Shirley E. Payne, Horn & Payne, Jackson, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO VACATE, OR SET ASIDE, JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Petitioner Connie Ray Evans was indicted for the capital murder of Arun Pahwa on April 8, 1981, during an armed robbery of a convenience store in Jackson, Mississippi. He entered a guilty…
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