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    Kenneth Leon Davis - Mississippi


    Officer Bobby Joe Biggert




    Summary of Offense:

    At approximately four o'clock in the afternoon on February 23, 1989, Tammy Slaton was at work at Dr. Duck's Pawn Shop in Jackson. Kenneth Davis entered the store, pointed a pistol at her, and demanded that she give him the store's cash. Davis also demanded the keys to Slaton's car which was parked outside. Slaton gave Davis approximately $400 in cash and her keys. Davis then forced her at gunpoint into a storeroom where he tied her hands with a piece of bed sheet. While Davis was with Slaton in the storeroom, Bobby Joe Biggert, an off-duty policeman, entered the pawnshop as a customer. Biggert found no one in the main part of the store and came into the storage area looking for assistance. Davis immediately confronted Biggert with the pistol. Shortly thereafter, Davis fired one shot from the small caliber pistol. The shot struck Biggert in the head, and Biggert fell to the ground. Slaton asked Davis not to hurt her, and Davis told her that he was not going to hurt her. He fled the scene in Slaton's 1980 maroon Camaro. Slaton was able to untie her wrists and call for help. Emergency personnel rushed Biggert to the hospital but his wound proved to be fatal. Biggert died two days after the shooting.

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    On May 31, 2011, Davis filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/mis...cv00324/75621/

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    My father is Bobby Joe Biggert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by angeeb1 View Post
    My father is Bobby Joe Biggert.
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    I am from Mississippi. My fathers killer has been on death row since 1989. How much longer does he have?
    As far as I can tell the Federal District court has not ruled on Davis' appeal. If he is denied in the Federal District court, the case will move on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. If denied in the Fifth, the case moves to the US Supreme Court. If all goes well and the Federal District court makes a ruling in a timely manner, my guesstimate on an execution date could be as soon as fall of 2014.
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    Thank you. Can I contact the district court and write them explaining why they should deny it? I dont think they need it but I know of death row cases turning life sentences. Maybe just for my piece of mind?

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    That might be a waste of time and energy. I would suggest writing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. He doesn't have any bearing on how long it takes the district court to rule, but it wouldn't hurt to let him know that you are STILL seeking justice for your father.

    Here is a link to a simple contact form on the AG's website

    http://agjimhood.com/index.php/contact

    Physical address:

    MS Attorney General's Office
    Walter Sillers Building
    550 High Street, Suite 1200
    Jackson, MS 39201
    Telephone: 601-359-3680

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    Death Row inmate who killed off-duty JPD officer dies

    Death row Inmate Kenneth Davis, who was convicted of killing an off-duty Jackson police officer during an armed robbery in 1989, has died of what the Mississippi Department of Corrections says were natural causes.

    Davis, 52, died Monday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

    He was sentenced to death on March 15, 1991, for killing Bobby Joe Biggert on Feb. 23, 1989, after Biggert walked in as Davis was robbing a south Jackson pawn shop.

    Davis challenged the conviction, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. However, the Mississippi Supreme Court denied his claims in a ruling in July 2004.

    http://www.clarionledger.com/story/n...dies/20501999/

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