Thorson v. State

CARLSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Roger Eric Thorson was indicted on June 3, 1987, and charged with the capital murder of Gloria McKinney, his ex-girlfriend, during the commission of a kidnapping on March 4, 1987. On Thorson’s direct appeal of his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death, this Court affirmed the trial court on all issues except a Batson issue, and the case was remanded to the trial court to conduct a Batson *670hearing.1 Thorson v. State, 653 So.2d 876, 896 (Miss.1994). On remand, the trial court found no Batson violation, thus holding that Thorson was not…