Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi inmate is citing a decision in a Florida case to support arguments that he is mentally disabled and his death sentence should be overturned.
Ricky Chase was convicted in the Aug. 14, 1989, killing of 70-year-old vegetable salesman Elmer Hart in Copiah County. Chase was sentenced to death in his 1990 trial.
In 2013, a state judge found Chase mentally competent. Chase argues to the Mississippi Supreme Court that the decision was in error. The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Dec. 8.
Chase has argued that a pretrial mental examination showed he was mentally disabled. Chase said he was examined by two doctors. But court records show one doctor did not find him mentally disabled.
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