Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 1984No. 54294PublishedCited by 455 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
445 So.2d 798 (1984)
Walter WILLIAMS, Jr.
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 54294.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 18, 1984.
Rehearing Denied February 29, 1984.
Thomas E. Royals and Julie Ann Epps, Jackson, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Amy D. Whitten and William S. Boyd, III, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
EN BANC.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
Walter Williams, Jr., was indicted for capital murder while engaged in the crime of robbery after the shooting death of a Jackson businessman. At the conclusion of the guilt-finding phase of the bifurcated trial, the jury returned…
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