Legal Opinion

Jordan v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided March 14, 2006No. 2004-CP-02332-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Robert H. Jordan pled guilty to capital murder and filed two motions for post-conviction relief. Both of the motions were denied. Jordan filed his third petition for post-conviction relief alleging that the indictment was flawed. Jordan claims that the omission of the word “did” from the indictment was against statutory requirements and, therefore, made the indictment void. The circuit court judge denied Jordan’s motion for post-conviction relief. Jordan appeals, raising the following issue:

WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT WAS CORRECT IN DENYING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Necaise v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  2. Jordan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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