Legal Opinion
Woodward v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 2003No. 1999-DR-00618-SCTPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
843 So.2d 1 (2003)
Paul Everette WOODWARD
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 1999-DR-00618-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 6, 2003.
Rehearing Denied May 1, 2003.
William B. Kirksey, Nathan H. Elmore, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General, by Marvin L. White, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
EASLEY, J., for the Court.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. Paul Everette Woodward was convicted of the crimes of capital murder (with the underlying crime of rape), kidnapping and sexual battery of Rhonda Crane and sentenced to death in 1987. Woodward's conviction…
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