Legal Opinion
Jerrard T. Cook v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 8, 2017No. 2016–CA–00687–COAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Jerrard Cook shot and killed Marvin Durr during a robbery. Durr was eighteen years old at the time of his death. Cook was seventeen years old at the time of the offense. Cook's accomplice, Cearic Barnes, was eighteen years old. Cook shot Durr in the head while Durr was seated in the driver's seat of his car. He shot Durr because he and Barnes wanted to use Durr's car to commit a robbery. However, Cook and Barnes were unable to remove Durr's body from the car, so Cook sat on top of Durr's body and drove the car to an isolated location. To destroy evidence, Barnes…
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