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    Hutto convicted of capital murder in slaying of Clinton woman, 81

    A Hinds County Circuit Court jury on Saturday found James Cobb Hutto guilty in the September 2010 murder of an elderly Clinton resident. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before delivering the verdict to Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bill Gowan.

    The verdict came after six days of testimony marked by repeated outbursts by Hutto, including disruptive behavior in court on Saturday.

    For two days this week, Hutto had been warned about his behavior by Gowan. “Y’all can kill me today. I don’t care. Do it today. No, I’m just saying, they can do it today,” Hutto said on Wednesday, according to WAPT-TV.

    He was convicted of capital murder in the death of 81-year-old Ethel Winstead Simpson, whom he lured from the Baptist Healthplex in Clinton in September 2010, allegedly murdering her later that night after the two traveled to Vicksburg casinos. Hutto also is facing murder charges in the death of his aunt in Alabama.

    “There’s other murders, crimes in Alabama, attempted murders, and all that in Alabama. Now, think about that and be fair about that,” Hutto said in Wednesday’s outburst, WAPT reported.

    Simpson’s partially decomposed body was found on an Edwards hog farm a couple of days after she was reported missing. On Wednesday, prosecutors showed jurors surveillance video that shows what appears to be Hutto and Simpson at Riverwalk Casino, and separate video of what prosecutors say is Hutto at another casino, Ameristar.

    “He arrived at the casino at 1:15 a.m., played slot machines, talked to a few casino employees, cashed out tickets,” testified R.E. Dyer, of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, according to the WAPT report.

    Hog farmer Charlie Richardson on Wednesday told jurors that he found Simpson’s bloodied body stuffed in a large grain bin used for feeding pigs on his Edwards farm.

    Police said after Simpson’s death that Hutto had told Simpson he had cancer to elicit her sympathy, and that his family had abandoned him.

    Her family, including a brother she lived with in Clinton, reported her missing to Clinton police on Sept. 13, 2010. Police believe she was killed the night she and Hutto went to the casinos.

    Police in Mississippi and Alabama charged Hutto, a convicted sex offender, with Simpson’s slaying and the death of his aunt, Virginia Rardon, 68, of Birmingham.

    The jury was selected in Oxford last week and brought to Jackson. Attorneys believed it would have been hard to find jurors in Hinds County who didn’t know about the case.

    Hutto has been known to have outbursts in the courtroom. On one occasion in an Alabama court, Hutto called himself “the hit man” in an appearance shortly after being apprehended, a reference to his on-again off-again forays into ultimate fighting.

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    Hutto receives death penalty

    The sentencing phase of the James Hutto trial has concluded with the jury sentencing the convicted killer to death.

    It took the jury less than an hour to decide Hutto deserved to die for brutally killing 81-year-old Ethel Simpson in 2010.

    Both the prosecution and the defense rested Tuesday afternoon in the death penalty phase of Hutto's trial and just as closing arguments were getting underway, the killer lashed out with yet another distasteful display to be dismissed from the courtroom.

    As closing arguments began, Hutto asked the judge if he could be dismissed to his cell rather than sit in the courtroom. When the judge refused, Hutto intentionally flipped the middle finger, a tactic we have seen by the killer in earlier days of the trial, in the prosecutor's direction and shouted "f*** you!"

    Hutto was removed from the courtroom as closing statements concluded.

    Monday, Simpson's family took the stand, describing their lives after her death.

    Prosecutors argued Hutto should receive the maximum sentence because of a prior sexual abuse conviction in Alabama.

    Defense attorneys, however, were hoping that testimony from his estranged wife and children would have encouraged jurors to spare his life.

    Prosecutors called witnesses, presented their case of aggravating factors, which they believed should sway jurors to opt for the death penalty. One of those factors was that Hutto was convicted previously of sexual assault in Alabama.

    Hutto was in the courtroom Monday after twice being kicked out by Judge Bill Gowan during the first six days of the trial. Monday Hutto told the Judge, "I'm ready. Take me to Parchman."

    Prosecutors called Simpson's family members to the stand in an attempt to sway jurors towards the maximum penalty in the case. They also provided testimony on Hutto's prior conviction and jail sentence from a sexual abuse case in Alabama.

    Defense attorneys called Hutto's estranged wife and children to the stand late Monday afternoon. Hutto's wife Katherine testified that Hutto's behavior began to put a strain on their marriage after the conviction.

    It took the jury about an hour to convict Hutto in the 2010 murder of Ethel Simpson over the weekend. Jurors were brought in from Oxford to hear the case.

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    Lee County charges against convicted killer 'on hold'

    Although 42-year-old James Cobb Hutto of Jasper has been given the death penalty in the murder of an elderly Mississippi woman, the case against him is far from over.

    Hutto was given the death penalty by a Mississippi jury on May 28 on capital murder charges for the death of Ethel Winstead Simpson, 81, of Clinton, Miss., but he faces unfinished business in Lee County. Charges of attempted murder and 1st-degree robbery are still active against Hutto in relation to an alleged encounter he had with Mark Cox, who was allegedly robbed, beaten and stabbed several times by Hutto in a wooded area near U.S. Highway 29 North in Opelika on Sept. 17, 2010.

    Lee County District Attorney Robbie Treese said that in situations where a conviction has already taken place, the charges against Hutto would be placed by the court on an administrative docket.

    "Basically...things are pretty much put in a holding pattern until we find out whether or not that particular conviction will stand," Treese said.

    Treese said if there was a change in the status of the case, the priority would likely be given to Jefferson County, which also has active charges against Hutto involving the death of his aunt, Virginia Rardon of Birmingham. The 68-year-old was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of her home Sept. 16, 2010.

    Ethel Simpson was last seen with Hutto on Sept. 13, 2010, entering the Riverwalk Casino in Vicksburg, Miss. On Sept. 17, Simpson's body was found on a hog farm in Edwards, Miss. That same day, Hutto entered Lee County in Simpson's Mercedes Benz, where he allegedly attacked Mark Cox. Hours later, he was apprehended by officers with the Lee County Sheriff�s Office and the Auburn Police Division.

    Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said he remembers the 1st time he and deputies were called out to help Cox and when they later found out about what happened in Mississippi.

    "At that point, it was evident that we had an individual that apparently did not have much regard for anyone and that he was a danger, definitely a clear and present danger to people here in Lee County," Jones said.

    Jones also said the Mississippi jury made the right decision sentencing Hutto to death, saying that Hutto was a very dangerous man and that he should never be released back into society.

    Hinds County (Miss.) Assistant District Attorney Shaun Yurtkuran said he was very appreciative of the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Auburn Police Division for their work in capturing Hutto.

    "They were very cooperative and we couldn't have gotten this conviction without their help," Yurtkuran said.

    Yurtkuran also said he is glad that the families of the victims have had justice with Hutto's conviction.

    (Source: The Opelika-Auburn News)
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    State Supreme Court affirms conviction and death sentence in the murder of elderly Clinton woman

    The State Supreme Court is affirming the murder conviction and death sentence of James Hutto. He was convicted of the 2010 murder of 81-year- old Ethel Simpson of Clinton. Hutto is from Alabama.

    Throughout his trial he disrupted court and yelled obscenities at spectators and the judge in the case.

    He befriended Simpson at the Baptist Healthplex in Clinton. He told her that he was battling cancer and had no family. She was last seen with Hutto the same day they met at a Vicksburg Casino.

    He was arrested driving Simpson's Mercedes in Alabama. Her body was found on a hog farm in Edwards just off Interstate 20. Simpson had been beaten to death.

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    On February 20, 2018, the United States Supreme Court DENIED Hutto's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Mississippi
    Case Numbers: (2014-DP-00177-SCT)
    Decision Date: May 11, 2017
    Rehearing Denied: August 10, 2017

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/17-6825.html

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    On February 24, 2020, Hutto filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/mi...cv00098/107440

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    Hutto could get new attorneys to challenge capital murder conviction

    By Anthony Warren
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    JACKSON, Miss. - A man convicted of killing an 81-year-old woman he befriended at a Clinton health club could soon have new representation.

    The Mississippi Supreme Court recently remanded James Hutto’s request to have new attorneys appointed in his efforts to seek post-conviction relief to the Hinds County Circuit Court.

    The move gives Hutto a pathway to have the attorneys of his choice appointed to file a petition to have his death sentence conviction appealed.

    Hutto was sentenced to death in 2013 for the 2010 murder of 81-year-old Ethel Simpson of Clinton.

    Hutto had befriended Simpson at the Baptist Healthplex. He told her he had been battling cancer and had no family. Simpson was last seen with Hutto at a Vicksburg casino.

    He was later arrested in Alabama driving Simpson’s Mercedes. Simpson’s body, meanwhile, was found on a hog farm in Edwards. She had been beaten to death.

    The high court upheld Hutto’s death sentence and conviction in 2017.

    In April, the Supreme Court remanded Huttos’ request for new representation to circuit court, the same court where he was convicted years ago.

    According to the order, Hutto is to be transported to the court and asked whether he wants to proceed with a successive petition.

    If so, the circuit court “shall appoint Caroline K. Ivanov and Elizabeth Franklin-Best, or such other counsel as the trial court deems appropriate” to pursue relief.

    Ivanov and Franklin-Best also represent Hutto in a federal case. That case has been stayed so options on the state level can be exhausted, court records indicate.

    The court also ruled that if Hutto agrees, his petition must be filed with the Supreme Court within 60 days of the circuit court’s order. The state then has 30 days to file a response.

    The state was opposed to the request, in part, because “there is no indication Hutto wants to sue the state for a second time in civil action.”

    Attorneys for the state point to Hutto’s previous actions. The trial court previously did not make a determination on whether Hutto desired counsel to seek post-conviction relief because Hutto would not cooperate with the court.

    https://www.wlbt.com/2022/04/30/hutt...er-conviction/
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