Pitchford v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Terry Pitchford and an accomplice killed a store-owner in Grenada County during the course of an armed robbery. Pitchford was indicted, tried, and convicted of capital murder, and the jury found that he should be executed by lethal injection. He appeals, raising for our review seventeen issues. Because we find no reversible error, we affirm the conviction and sentence.
BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
¶2. On the morning of November 7, 2004, Walter Davis and his son entered the Crossroads Grocery, where they discovered the body of the owner, Reuben Britt.…
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