Batiste v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseBobby Batiste was convicted of capital murder with the underlying felony of robbery and was sentenced to death. On appeal of that sentence, Batiste raised sixteen issues. The Supreme Court addressed one: whether certain statements alleged to have been made by bailiffs to jurors, violated Batiste's constitutional right to an impartial jury. Upon review, the Supreme Court found that Batiste made a substantial showing of a denial of a state or federal right sufficient to entitle him to a hearing to enable the circuit court to ascertain what communications were had between bailiffs and/or other persons and the jury and to determine, insofar as was possible, what impact, if any, those communications had on Batiste’s conviction and sentence. The Court granted Batiste’s motion for leave to file his petition for post-conviction relief.
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