Court denies rehearing in death row appeal
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) -- A Blue Mountain man will remain on death row in the shooting death of a newspaper delivery man.
Marlon Howell, 34, faces the death penalty in the shooting death of David Pernell, 61, of New Albany in May of 2000.
Last year, a judge denied a request for a new trial after holding an evidentiary hearing on Howell's post-conviction relief petition.
Howell claims a witness recanted his identification, another witness was not allowed to testify in his defense, and he did not have an attorney during the lineup.
In October, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the judge's ruling not to grant a new trial.
On Thursday, justices denied a request to rehear the appeal.
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