For your convenience, you can view on this page some important legal documents related to Willie Manning’s cases. Some of these are also available at the Mississippi Judiciary website.
Steckler-Miller Case
Willie Jerome Manning versus State of Mississippi, Supplemental Motion for Leave to Invoke Discovery and for Testing of Evidence, Cause No. 2001-0144-CV, In the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. Sept 25, 2001. [Request for DNA testing of evidence].
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent, Petition for Post-Conviction Relief No. 2001-0144-CV, In the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. October 8 2001. [Includes Earl Jordan’s ability to pass polygraph tests; Frank Parker’s unreliability as a witness; Paula Hathorn’s incentive to help the prosecution; poor deveopment of Willie’s strong alibi; prosecutor’s misleading statements at the penalty phase.]
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent, Petitioner’s motion for rehearing, No. 2001-DR-00230-SCT, Oktibbeha County No. 2001-0144-CV, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. December 16 2004. [Secret, undisclosed recordings made by Sheriff Dolph Bryan of Paula Hathorn’s phone conversation with Willie.]
Willie Manning v. State of Mississippi, Motion for leave to file successive petition for post-conviction relief including DNA testing and other forensic analysis, No. 2013-DR-00491-SCT, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. March 22 2013.
Willie Manning v. State of Mississippi, Motion for Rehearing, No. 2013-DR-00491-SCT, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. April 26 2013. [Assertion that the Mississippi Supreme Court overlooked flaws and gaps in the State’s evidence; and did not take account of recent relevant decisions by the US Supreme and Fifth Circuit Courts.]
Willie Manning v. State of Mississippi, Motion to Stay Excution and set aside Conviction, No. 2013-DR-00491-SCT, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. May 6 2013. [Significance of two letters from the US Department of Justice about flawed hair testimony at Willie’s trial.]
Willie Manning v. State of Mississippi, Supplement to Motion to stay execution and set aside conviction, second motion for leave to file successive petition for post-conviction relief, and motion in the alternative for other forms of relief, No. 2013-DR-00491-SCT In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. May 7 2013. [Significance of a letter from the Department of Justice about flawed firearms testimony at Willie’s trial.]
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent, Motion for leave to file successive petition for post-conviction relief, No 2023-DR-01076, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Sept 29 2023. [Earl Jordan’s recantation and new affidavits from several witnesses (see below); stronger forensic firearms information.]
Affidavit of Earl Jordan, June 21 2023
Affidavit of Paula Hathorn, Feb 7 2023
Affidavit of Henry Richardson, Aug 19 2023
Affidavit of William A. Tobin, Sept 26 2023 [Information about recent firearms forensics studies]
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent, Response to lift stay of execution, set execution date and dismiss second successive petition for post-conviction relief, No. 2023-DR-01076-SCT NO. 95-DP-00066-SCT, In the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. November 13 2023.
Willie Jerome Manning a/k/a Fly v. State of Mississippi, En Banc Order. 2023-DR-01076-SCT. Supreme Court of Mississippi. September 16, 2024
Willie Jerome Manning Petitioner v. State of Mississippi Respondent, Motion for Rehearing. No. 2023-DR-01076. In the Supreme Court of Mississippi, October 30, 2024.
Jimmerson-Jordan Case
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent-Appellee, Brief for appellant, Case No. 2013-CA-00882-SCT, In the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. December 12 2013. [Assertion that “The convictions must be set aside because of the State’s failure to disclose police canvass notes showing that Kevin Lucious did not live in Brookville Gardens at the time of the murders.”]
Willie Jerome Manning, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of Mississippi, Respondent-Appellee, Appellant’s corrected record excerpts Case No. 2013-CA-00882-SCT, In the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. Dec 13 2013. [Records of Starkville Police Department, including canvass notes;Affidavit of Denise Davis with attached records of Brookville Garden Appartments, Inc., Footwear case notes, Mississippi Crime Laboratory].
Willie Jerome Manning a/k/a Fly v. State of Mississippi, Decision, NO. 2013-CA-00882-SCT, Consolidated with 1999-DP-01185-SCT and NO. 1996-DP-00943-SCT, In the Supreme Court of Mississippi . February 12 2015 . [“the State violated Manning’s due-process rights by failing to provide favorable, material evidence.” (page 8).]
State of Mississippi vs. Willie Jerome Manning, Order of Nolle Prosequi, Cause No. 13-086-CRH, In the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. April 20 2015. [“…the State is unable to meet its burden of proof.” i.e. this case should no longer be prosecuted by the State.]
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