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    Kevin Scott - Mississippi


    Kevin Scott


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    Was sentenced to death in Bolivar County in October 1998 for the November 15, 1995 slaying of Richard Lee, 75, of Boyle. Leroy Lynch, an accomplice, is currently serving a life sentence after originally having been sentenced to death.

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    Scott's case was remanded back to the trial court on a mental retardation claim back in 2006.

    http://courts.ms.gov/images/opinions/co36968.pdf

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    October 31, 2009

    Miss. high court asks about death row appeals

    JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court intends to keep tabs on post-conviction appeals by death row inmates.

    On Thursday, the Supreme Court questioned attorneys and judges on the status of nine post-conviction claims, some dating back five years. The Supreme Court asked trial judges why they have not ruled — or scheduled hearings — on those cases.

    “The court has undertaken a systematic review of all pending post-conviction death penalty cases and has sought information on the status of cases for which there appears to be a lack of activity,” Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. said in a statement.

    “We will systematically review the status of death penalty post-conviction cases...to assure that the fair and efficient administration of justice is being carried out.”

    The Supreme Court gave the trial judges and attorneys 60 days to respond to the orders. If not, the justices said they may force on the trial judges a timetable to render decisions.

    In a post-conviction petition, an inmate argues he has found new evidence — or a possible constitutional issue — that could persuade a court to order a new trial.

    At least four of the cases involve claims of mental disability by Willie C. Russell in Sunflower County, Ricky Chase in Copiah County, Ronnie Lee Conner in Lauderdale County and Kevin Scott in Bolivar County.

    Court records show the Supreme Court ordered a mental disability hearing for Russell in 2003. Similar hearings were ordered for Chase and Conner in 2004, and Scott in 2006.

    Regarding Scott, the Supreme Court said it wants to know from Scott’s attorneys and prosecutors why no hearing date has been scheduled. Scott was sentenced to death in the 1995 fatal shooting of Richard Lee of Boyle.

    In the cases of Russell, Chase and Conner, the Supreme Court wanted to know why no ruling on mental disability had been issued.

    Russell was convicted for the 1989 killing of Parchman prison guard Argentra Cotton. Chase was convicted for the 1989 slaying of an elderly Copiah County vegetable salesman. Conner was convicted for the 1990 kidnapping, robbery and killing of Celeste Brown in Lauderdale County.

    In the remaining five cases, the Supreme Court asked why:

    — No post-conviction motion had been filed for Fred Sanford Spicer Jr. in George County. In 2007, the court gave Spicer permission to seek a hearing on his claims that his attorney should have done a better job at his sentencing hearing. Spicer was convicted in the 2001 slaying of Edmond Herbert of George County.

    — No decision had been issued in the case of Joseph Patrick Brown even though a hearing on Brown’s claims of ineffective counsel was held in 2004. Brown was convicted for the 1992 killing of a convenience store clerk in Natchez.

    — No decision had been reached in Marlon Todd Howell’s challenge to testimony that he was the shooter in the 2001 slaying of a Tupelo newspaper carrier during a robbery. The Supreme Court said Howell’s petition had been pending in Union County since October 2008.

    — Willie Jerome Manning’s post-conviction petition in still pending in Oktibbeha County. The petition was filed in 2004. Manning was convicted of in the 1992 deaths of Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler.

    — No post-conviction petition had been filed for Clyde Wendell Smith in Leflore County on the issue of mental disability. In 2004, the Supreme Court gave Smith permission to file the petition. Smith was given the death penalty for the 1992 slaying of a package store owner.

    http://picayuneitem.com/local/x54630...th-row-appeals

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    Judge asked to explain delay in hearing

    The Mississippi Supreme Court is asking a Bolivar County judge why no mental disability hearing has been held for death row inmate Kevin Scott.

    The justices on Thursday told Circuit Judge Kenneth Thomas to give them an update on the status of Scott's case and hold a mental disability hearing and make a decision within 60 days. If Thomas decides no hearing can be held, the Supreme Court said it wants know why.

    The Supreme Court ordered a mental disability hearing for Scott in 2006.

    Scott was convicted in 1998 of capital murder in the 1995 shooting death of Richard Lee, 74, of Boyle. Scott was sentenced to death.

    http://www.knoe.com/story/24041145/j...lay-in-hearing
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    Good! More supreme courts need to be as assertive as Mississippi's (and, recently, Texas'). Too many habeas cases are inexplicably allowed to languish interminably at the trial-court level.

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    Mental disability hearing set for death row inmate

    JACKSON — A Bolivar County judge has scheduled a Dec. 18 mental disability hearing for death row inmate Kevin Scott.

    The Mississippi Supreme Court justices had asked the lower court to give them an update on the status of Scott's case and hold a mental disability hearing or explain why one isn't being set.

    Circuit Judge Johnnie Walls Jr. scheduled the hearing in response to that order.

    The Supreme Court ordered a mental disability hearing for Scott in 2006. In that order, the Supreme Court said Scott had provided affidavits from two experts who contend that further testing would show Scott to be mentally disabled.

    Scott was convicted in 1998 of capital murder in the 1995 shooting death of Richard Lee, 74, of Boyle.

    http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/v...th-row-inmate-

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