BILES v. WATKINS

No. 78-6073.

441 U.S. 953 (1979)

BILES v. WATKINS CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 14, 1979.


Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, with whom MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL join, dissenting.

Petitioner was convicted of capital felony murder under § 97-3-19 (2)(e) of the Mississippi Code of 1972: "The killing of a human being . . . [w]hen done with or without any design to effect death, by any person engaged in the commission of the crime of . . . kidnapping . . . ." The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed the felony-murder conviction...

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