JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal Monday from death row inmate Jason Lee Keller, who wants a new trial in the 2007 robbery and shooting death of a woman in Harrison County.
Prosecutors say 41-year-old Hat Nguyen, a single mother of four, was killed at the convenience store she owned in Harrison County.
Court records show the Nguyen family lost their home to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and lived in the back of the store.
Prosecutors say Keller, now 33, allegedly shot Nguyen shot four times. A shot to the back of her head was fatal.
Keller was convicted in Harrison County Circuit Court in 2009.
Court records show Keller told investigation that he was high on cocaine when the incident occurred.
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