Williams v. State

973 So.2d 1012 (2008)

Sam Henry WILLIAMS, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2006-KA-01151-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 29, 2008.

Edmund J. Phillips, Jason Avery Mangum, Newton, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., BARNES, and ISHEE, JJ.

ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On the night of May 21, 2005, Sam Henry Williams shot and killed Virginia Ann Kidd at Williams's home. He was subsequently convicted of her murder. At trial, his motions for peremptory jury instructions, for a judgment…