Justices won't reconsider 3 overturned murder convictions

The Mississippi Supreme Court will not reconsider its decision to overturn a man's three murder convictions.

Posted: Jan 21, 2018 11:44 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will not reconsider its decision to overturn a man's three murder convictions.

Prosecutors asked justices to conduct another hearing in the case of Sherwood Brown. Justices denied that request Thursday.

Brown's lawyers challenged physical evidence linking him to the 1993 killings of 82-year-old Betty Boyd, her 48-year-old daughter Verline Boyd and 13-year-old Evangela Boyd. The girl was Verline's daughter and Betty's granddaughter. The three were found slain in rural Eudora.

DNA testing of blood on Brown's shoe showed it didn't match blood on the house floor. Defense attorneys also challenged a bite-mark match by embattled analyst Michael West, saying DNA in Evangela Boyd's mouth didn't match Brown.

It was not immediately clear whether DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion will retry the case.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 314710

Reported Deaths: 7254

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Hinds	20369	416
Harrison	17949	309
Rankin	13643	278
Jackson	13450	246
Madison	10113	217
Lee	9986	174
Jones	8384	163
Forrest	7689	152
Lauderdale	7198	240
Lowndes	6403	148
Lamar	6236	86
Lafayette	6203	119
Washington	5341	134
Bolivar	4802	132
Oktibbeha	4629	98
Panola	4596	107
Pearl River	4519	146
Marshall	4450	103
Warren	4393	121
Pontotoc	4208	72
Monroe	4115	133
Union	4111	76
Neshoba	4031	176
Lincoln	3969	110
Hancock	3795	86
Leflore	3498	125
Sunflower	3362	90
Tate	3347	84
Pike	3327	105
Scott	3162	74
Alcorn	3133	68
Yazoo	3117	70
Itawamba	3005	77
Copiah	2974	65
Coahoma	2955	79
Simpson	2953	88
Tippah	2887	68
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Leake	2684	73
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Grenada	2615	87
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George	2481	48
Newton	2468	62
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Chickasaw	2080	57
Holmes	1891	74
Clay	1855	54
Stone	1828	33
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Clarke	1780	80
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Smith	1625	34
Walthall	1342	45
Greene	1306	33
Lawrence	1287	24
Montgomery	1271	42
Noxubee	1267	34
Perry	1263	38
Amite	1231	42
Carroll	1218	29
Webster	1145	32
Jefferson Davis	1071	33
Tunica	1057	26
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Kemper	958	28
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Quitman	811	16
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Wilkinson	675	31
Jefferson	657	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
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Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 539829

Reported Deaths: 11038

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Mobile	41261	809
Madison	35132	506
Tuscaloosa	25915	455
Shelby	25294	249
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Lee	15987	172
Calhoun	14569	319
Morgan	14422	280
Etowah	13918	353
Marshall	12275	225
Houston	10641	282
Elmore	10147	206
Limestone	10065	151
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Cullman	9761	194
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Talladega	8339	176
Walker	7260	278
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Jackson	6836	112
Blount	6771	139
Colbert	6320	135
Coffee	5578	118
Dale	4876	113
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Lowndes	1405	53
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Coosa	1092	28
Perry	1078	26
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Greene	926	34
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