Reddix v. State, 49454

Decision Date02 March 1977
Docket NumberNo. 49454,49454
PartiesWillie N. REDDIX v. STATE of Mississippi.
CourtMississippi Supreme Court

Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County; J. Ruble Griffin, Judge.

Joe Ben Hawkins, W. Eugene Henry, Biloxi, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

GILLESPIE, C.J., INZER, P.J., and SMITH, SUGG, WALKER and LEE, JJ., concur.

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  • Reddix v. Thigpen
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • November 19, 1986
    ...clothes from the store. Reddix was tried and convicted of felony murder, but the Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed. Reddix v. State, 342 So.2d 1306 (Miss.1977). At a second trial, the jury reached the same result and sentenced Reddix to death. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed, Red......
  • Reddix v. State
    • United States
    • Mississippi Supreme Court
    • July 19, 1989
    ...The conviction was reversed and a retrial ordered by this Court under Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss.1976). Reddix v. State, 342 So.2d 1306 (Miss.1977) (Reddix I ). He was again convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. An appeal was taken to this Court, and we affirmed. R......
  • Reddix v. Thigpen
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • March 26, 1984
    ...however, reversed and remanded the case pursuant to its decision in Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss.1976). See Reddix v. State, 342 So.2d 1306 (Miss.1977). On remand, a jury again convicted Reddix of murder and again sentenced him to death. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the ......

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