Bennett v. State

MYERS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Joseph Bennett was found guilty by a jury sitting before the Hinds County Circuit Court of one count of murder, four counts of aggravated assault, one count of shooting into an occupied dwelling, and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. Bennett appeals asserting four assignments of error, which we relate verbatim:

I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE OF OTHER WEAPONS OWNED BY THE VICTIM AND FOUND IN THE AREA, IMPEDING THE DEFENSE’S THEORY OF THE CASE.

II. THE INDICTMENT WAS FATALLY DEFECTIVE, AND THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING THE STATE TO…