Booker v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Tippah County Circuit Court found Chad Booker guilty of manslaughter. The circuit court sentenced Booker to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with ten years suspended and five years of post-release supervision. Aggrieved, Booker appeals and raises six issues. Suffice it to say, Booker raises issues regarding the sufficiency of the evidence, jury instructions, and four of the circuit court’s evidentiary rulings. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. The events that set…