Cory Maye, the 25-year-old man sentenced to die by lethal injection in a Dec. 26...
Cory Maye, the 25-year-old man sentenced to die by lethal injection in a Dec. 26, 2001 cop killing, is off death row.
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Cory Maye, the 25-year-old man sentenced to die by lethal injection in a Dec. 26, 2001 cop killing, is off death row.
After a 2-day hearing in Pearl River County Circuit Court, Judge Michael Eubank ruled that Maye's trial attorney, Rhonda Cooper, did not represent her client adequately during the penalty phase of Maye's 2003 trial.
He overturned the penalty phase and ordered a new sentencing trial.
On Jan. 23, 2004, a Marion County jury sentenced Maye to die for fatally wounding Police Officer Ron Jones during a drug raid.
After a 2-day hearing in Pearl River County Circuit Court, Judge Michael Eubank ruled that Maye's trial attorney, Rhonda Cooper, did not represent her client adequately during the penalty phase of Maye's 2003 trial.
He overturned the penalty phase and ordered a new sentencing trial.
On Jan. 23, 2004, a Marion County jury sentenced Maye to die for fatally wounding Police Officer Ron Jones during a drug raid.
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- (Sources: Clarion Ledger, 21/09/2006)
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