Mercier v. State

OPINION

SAM DAY, Justice.

I. Introduction

A jury found Appellant Jeremy Phillip Mercier guilty of capital murder. Appellant appeals his conviction raising two points on appeal: 1) the trial court erred by denying Appellant’s motion for new trial when he presented newly discovered evidence of someone else confessing to the crime; and 2) the trial court erred by refusing to hear the recantation testimony of one of the State’s witnesses in Appellant’s motion for new trial. We affirm.

II. Facts

Appellant was a daycare aide at the Fun 4 Kids Daycare Center on January 25, 2000. According to his third…