Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Willie Jerome Manning doesn't agree with a judge who ruled that he got a fair trial when he was convicted in the slayings of two women in 1996 and sentenced to death.
He is appealing his conviction to the Mississippi Supreme Court. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Oct. 27 in Jackson.
Manning was convicted of killing 90-year-old Emmoline Jimmerson and her daughter, 60-year-old Alberta Jordan, in Starkville. The women were beaten and their throats slashed during a robbery attempt in 1993 at their apartment. Manning was sentenced to death.
Manning argues prosecutors withheld evidence during his trial and also presented false evidence. He also says he was denied effective counsel at trial and on appeal.
Oktibbeha County Circuit Judge Lee Howard ruled against Manning on all three issues in 2013.
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