PEARL RIVER CO., Miss. (WLOX) - On Thursday, the Mississippi Court of Appeals heard an appeal in a Pearl River County murder conviction.

In 2023, Dustin Gray was convicted and sentenced for the 2020 capital murder of Willie “Chill” Jones. Gray and his brother, Austin Brookshire, were both sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering the 28-year-old.

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Gray’s attorney argued the lower court conviction should be overturned because of an error in jury instruction and Gray’s coerced statement.

Earlier this week, the court of appeals upheld the lower court’s conviction in Brookshire’s case.

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