Willie N. Reddix v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The State of Mississippi appeals the district court’s order granting habeas corpus relief to Willie N. Reddix, who was sentenced to die by a jury sitting in Harrison County, Mississippi. The district court held that the state had not proved either that Reddix had the criminal intent necessary for the state to find him guilty of murder, or that Reddix had the personal intent to kill necessary for the state to impose the death penalty. We affirm the district court’s holding regarding the death sentence imposed against Reddix, and reverse its holding that the state…