SUPREME COURT DENIES NEW TRIAL

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Northeast Texas man on death row for nearly three decades. Delma Banks contended he did not receive a fair trial when he was convicted of murdering a Texarkana teenager back in 1980. The High Court yesterday left in place the murder conviction of Banks in connection with the shooting death of then 16 year old Richard Whitehead of Texarkana after robbing the victim. A divided federal appeals court in New Orleans, Louisiana had upheld the conviction.