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    Terry Pitchford - Mississippi




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    In November 2004, grocery store owner Ruben Britt was shot numerous times inside his store. One of the murder weapons was Britt’s own gun that he kept at the store for protection. Eric Bullins, Demarcus Westmoreland and Quincy Bullins were also involved in the crime. Britt’s gun was found in Pitchford’s car at the time he was arrested. The defense's response was that Pitchford had not committed the crime.

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Pitchford's petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.

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    US high court won't hear death row inmate's appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Mississippi death row inmate Terry Pitchford, who was convicted of killing a Grenada storekeeper in 2004.

    It is the fourth time since March that the nation's high court has refused to hear an appeal in a capital punishment case from Mississippi. Its decision on Pitchford came without comment Monday.

    Pitchford, now 25, was 18 when he was charged with killing Grenada County store owner Ruben Britt. He was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to death.

    Prosecutors said Britt was shot multiple times inside Crossroads Grocery in 2004. Prosecutors said one of the murder weapons was Britt's own gun, which he kept at the store for protection. They said Britt's gun was found in Pitchford's car when he was arrested.

    The attorney general's office did not immediately respond Monday to a question about whether it would ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to set an execution date for Pitchford. The Mississippi court upheld Pitchford's conviction in 2010.

    The Mississippi court is already considering execution dates for three other death row inmates — Robert Simon Jr., Rodney Gray and Benny Joe Stevens.

    Earlier this month, the court ordered the release of Simon's medical records related to an alleged fall that defense attorneys contend has rendered Simon incompetent to be executed.

    Simon was sentenced to death for the killings of three members of a Quitman County family. He got a life sentence in the death of a fourth family member.

    Gray's attorney has asked for more time to file appeals and for a delay in the April 27 execution date sought by the state. The Mississippi court has not yet ruled on the request.

    Gray was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1994 rape and murder of 79-year-old Grace Blackwell of Louin.

    Attorneys for Stevens filed their response this past week to Attorney General Jim Hood's petition to set a May 4 execution date for Stevens.

    Stevens was sentenced to death in 1999 in the slaying of four people in the Foxworth community in Marion County. Among those killed were Stevens' former wife and their 11-year-old son. Stevens' 16-year-old daughter was wounded but escaped from the mobile home.

    http://www.newstimes.com/news/articl...#ixzz1JtoD1014

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    Court orders competency hearing in death row case

    The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a circuit court judge to hold a competency hearing for a man serving on Death Row.

    Terry Pitchford, 27, of Grenada was sentenced to die for the 2004 shooting death of Ruben Britt at the Crossroads Grocery in Grenada County.

    Authorities say Britt was shot several times with his own gun.

    Pitchford and another man were later arrested after authorities found the firearm in Pitchford's car.

    On Thursday, the state's highest court ordered the case back to Grenada County Circuit Court to determine if Pitchford is confident to stand trial.

    http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story...Z6wXENvBg.cspx
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    On May 30, 2017, oral argument will be heard in Pitchford's habeas appeal before the Mississippi Supreme Court.

    https://courts.ms.gov/appellate_cour...r/scs32017.pdf

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    On October 19, 2017, the Mississippi Supreme Court DENIED Pitchford's habeas petition.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/mississ...01818-sct.html

    On January 3, 2018, Pitchford filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/mi...8cv00002/40419

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    State Supreme Court will not reconsider appeals of two death row inmates

    By Maggie Wade
    WLOX

    JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The State Supreme Court is refusing to reconsider appeals by two inmates on death row.

    Forty-seven-year-old Curtis Giovanni Flowers was convicted in 1996 for shooting four people to death at a Winona furniture store. He was convicted and sentenced to death in three trials, but those were overturned. Jurors couldn't agree on a verdict in the fourth and fifth trials.

    In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court told state justices to review the case. The state court ruled against Flowers in November 2017 and Thursday reaffirmed that ruling.

    The court is also refusing to reconsider the appeal of 32-year-old Terry Pitchford. He was convicted of capital murder in 2006 in Grenada and sentenced to death. Pitchford argues he never had a pre-trial competency hearing and only got one 9 years after his conviction.

    http://www.wlox.com/story/37573066/s...th-row-inmates
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    Death sentence OVERTURNED by the U.S. District Court on a Batson claim.

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    On 12/21/23, Pitchford filed an appeal to the Fifth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca5/23-70009
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