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The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Martez Abram's death sentence for the 2019 Southaven Walmart murders.

Abram's appeal argued irrelevant evidence, including a store fire he set, was used in his trial.

The court ruled the evidence was admissible as part of the crime sequence.

Abram's claim of improper consideration of his mental state was also rejected.

After hearing oral arguments in June as to why a Mississippi man on death row should have a new trial, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday, Aug. 7, there was no basis for overturning the lower court's ruling.

Martez Abram was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the 2019 shooting deaths of two people at the Walmart Supercenter in Southaven and the attempted murder of Southaven polic

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