Watts v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
733 So.2d 214 (1999)
James Earnest WATTS a/k/a "Squirrel"
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 96-DP-01030-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 28, 1999.
Rehearing Denied May 6, 1999.
Morris Sweatt, Columbia, John Holdridge, Attorneys for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
McRAE, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. James Earnest Watts was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in the Circuit Court of Marion County on August 9, 1996, by a jury impaneled in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. He now appeals to this Court, raising twenty…
Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.
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