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JONES v. THIGPEN

Civ. A. No. S81-0109(R).

555 F.Supp. 870 (1983)

Larry JONES, Plaintiff, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, S.D.

January 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., Mary Carolyn Ellis, for plaintiff.

Wm. S. Boyd, III, Jackson, Miss., for the state of Miss.

OPINION

DAN M. RUSSELL, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

On December 2, 1974, Arthur Weinberger was killed in his place of business in Biloxi, Mississippi. Three men, Willie Reddix, J.D. Reddix, and Larry Jones, were indicted for capital murder pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (1972). The indictment charged that these three men murdered Arthur Weinberger while they were engaged in the commission of a felony—armed robbery. Larry...

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