Evans v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Yazoo County Circuit Court jury found Jerica Evans guilty of accessory before the fact to the sexual battery of her cousin, Glenda Hall.1 The trial judge sentenced Evans to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with five years suspended and five years of supervised probation. Evans now appeals her conviction and sentence, raising issues regarding the sufficiency and weight of the evidence, and whether the trial court erred in limiting the defense’s closing argument. Finding no error, we affirm.

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