Legal Opinion

Chisolm v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided September 23, 2003No. 2002-KA-00226-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. David Chisolm was convicted after a jury trial of timber theft. On appeal, he alleges error by the lower court in admitting certain evidence, in allowing impeachment of a prosecution witness, and in failing to grant a circumstantial evidence jury *683instruction. Chisolm further challenges the weight and sufficiency of the evidence. We find no error and affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

¶ 2. Evidence in the record supports the following account of events. In April 2000, David Chisolm and his nephew approached landowner Jimmy Zeigler seeking a right-of-way to cut timber…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Peterson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Kolberg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Burrell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Tait v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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