Lipsey v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Dexter Lipsey was convicted in the Hinds County Circuit Court for the murders of Louise T. Ray, J.W. Gilbert, and Bruce Rankin, and the kidnaping of Rebecca Virden. He was sentenced to life for the murder convictions and thirty years for the kidnaping conviction, all in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) as a habitual offender, with each count to run consecutively to each other.

¶ 2. Lipsey argues on appeal that the trial court deprived him of his opportunity to present a complete defense when the *344court: barred him from presenting the…