Legal Opinion
Richard Gerald Jordan v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1982No. 81-4172PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUPLANTIER, District Judge:
On January 12, 1976, Richard Gerald Jordan kidnapped the wife of an officer of a Gulfport, Mississippi, bank, took her to a nearby wooded area, and killed her by shooting her in the head. Jordan was arrested at a roadblock the next day after he had been observed picking up the $25,000 ransom he had demanded.1
A Mississippi state court jury convicted Jordan of capital murder on July 21, 1976, and the court imposed a mandatory death sentence under the then applicable Mississippi law. The trial court granted his motion for a new trial in light of the state supreme…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by100 opinions
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