Legal Opinion

Murrill v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 4, 2015No. 2013-KA-01607-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Lorenzo Miezao Murrill appeals his conviction for the armed robbery of a pizza-delivery man, challenging the weight of the evidence supporting his conviction. He argues the victim’s trial testimony about who robbed him was too inconsistent with an officer’s report and his pretrial statements.

¶ 2. After reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we find the victim clearly testified at trial that Murrill snatched pizzas from him, while another man held a gun to the his head. Because it is the jury’s role to make credibility determinations…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Grossley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  3. Price v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009

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