Weatherspoon v. State

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After a trial in the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, the jury convicted Jennifer Weatherspoon of aggravated assault and murder. Weatherspoon was sentenced to serve consecutive sentences of twenty years for the aggravated-assault conviction and life imprisonment for the murder conviction. In today’s appeal, Weatherspoon complains only as to the murder conviction, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to grant her a new trial. Addressing the propriety of the verdict of guilty on the…