Legal Opinion
Shelton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 2003No. 2001-KA-00710-SCTPublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
853 So.2d 1171 (2003)
Jarvis SHELTON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2001-KA-00710-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 31, 2003.
Rehearing Denied September 25, 2003.
Wesley Thomas Evans, Ridgeland, for appellant.
Office of Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, for appellee.
EN BANC.
EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. On April 2-14, 2001, Jarvis Shelton (Shelton) was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Yazoo County, the Honorable Jannie M. Lewis, presiding, for the crime of capital murder. Shelton was convicted by the jury and received a life sentence. From that conviction and…
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