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    Joseph Bishop Goff - Mississippi




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    Was sentenced to death in George County in 2005 for the killing of Brandy Stewart Yates. He also got 10 years for arson for setting fire to the motel room where Yates' body was found.

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    February 18, 2010

    Hearing set for south Mississippi death penalty case

    JACKSON, MS (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a Friday conference on an appeal by Mississippi death row inmate Joseph Bishop Goff, whose conviction was upheld by a state court last May.

    Court officials said the justices' decision on whether they will hear Berry's case could be announced as early as next week. In May, the Mississippi Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected Goff's argument that prosecutors didn't prove he robbed Brandy Stewart Yates when he killed her at a south Mississippi motel. Goff, of Theodore, Ala., was convicted of capital murder in George County in 2005 and sentenced to death.

    Goff also received 10 years for arson for setting fire to the motel room where Yates' body was found.

    http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12008137

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    February 22, 2010

    Supreme Court won't review death row cases

    JACKSON, Miss. -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday without comment to hear appeals from Mississippi death row inmates Joseph Bishop Goff and William Scott.

    Both men have more appeals ahead of them.

    Last May, the Mississippi Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected Goff's argument that prosecutors didn't prove he robbed Brandy Stewart Yates when he killed her at a south Mississippi motel.

    Goff, of Theodore, Ala., was convicted of capital murder in George County in 2005 and sentenced to death. Goff also received 10 years for arson for setting fire to the motel room where Yates' body was found.

    According to court records, Yates, of Irvington, Ala., had left her husband and two young children to be with Goff three weeks before her body was found at the Rocky Creek Inn in Lucedale on Aug. 27, 2004.

    In 2008, the Mississippi Supreme Court reinstated Scott's conviction, overturning a lower court order that Scott should get a new trial.

    Scott, of Decatur, Ga., was convicted in Hinds County in 2005. Scott was charged in the shooting death of Paula Dinkins, who was killed in an apparent robbery attempt at the check cashing business where she worked.

    http://www.sunherald.com/2010/02/22/...iew-death.html

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    Miss. Supreme Court freezes death row inmate's appeal while mental exam under way

    Appeals from death row inmate Joseph Bishop Goff will not be heard while he is undergoing mental health treatment, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled.

    Goff had sought Supreme Court permission to file a post-conviction appeal in George County Circuit Court. 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.

    On Thursday, the Supreme Court said Goff's request is "stayed indefinitely pending Goff's mental health treatment and notice from the trial court that Goff is again competent to proceed. At such time, the state may file a motion to lift this court's stay."

    In 2009, the Mississippi court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected Goff's argument that prosecutors didn't prove he killed Brandy Stewart Yates at a south Mississippi motel.

    Goff, of Theodore, Ala., was convicted of capital murder in George County in 2005 and sentenced to death. Goff also received 10 years for arson for setting fire to the motel room where Yates' body was found.

    According to court records, Yates, of Irvington, Ala., had left her husband and two young children to be with Goff three weeks before her body was found at the Rocky Creek Inn in Lucedale on Aug. 27, 2004.

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Goff's appeal in 2010.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...--Goff-Appeal/
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    Coroner: Six Parchman inmates dead this month, including two who served time on death row

    By Daily Journal

    Two prisoners who served time on death row at Parchman have died in the last four days, according to the local coroner.

    Another death row inmate, Joseph Goff, died on the morning of July 13, Burton said. Goff, 43, was convicted of capital murder and second degree arson in George County in 2005.

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Goff’s appeal in 2010, and his appeals in state court were stayed while he underwent mental health treatment. As of earlier this year, he remained incompetent, according to letters from the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.

    The manner of Goodin’s death was most likely natural, Burton said. She did not yet have any autopsy results for Goff.

    Grace Fisher, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that both Goff and Goodin died at Mississippi State Penitentiary hospital.

    MDOC does not make information on in-custody deaths readily available to the public. A database produced by the department in June through a public records request showed 21 people died in state custody between January and early May of this year.

    https://www.djournal.com/mississippi...964237b9d.html
    Last edited by Helen; 07-18-2019 at 08:36 AM. Reason: added full article
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