Edwards v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
441 So.2d 84 (1983)
Hezekiah EDWARDS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 53800.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 16, 1983.
Rehearing Denied December 14, 1983.
Stanfield & Holderfield, Percy S. Stanfield, Jr., Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En banc.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
Hezekiah Edwards was indicted for capital murder after the shooting death of a Jackson police officer. At the conclusion of the guilt-finding phase of the bifurcated trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty.…
Also in this document: Per curiam; Dissent · Prather; Dissent · Bowling.
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