Theotus Barnett v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J;,

for the Court:

¶ 1. An Attala .County Circuit Court jury convicted Theotus Barnett of deliberate design murder, and the trial judge sentenced him to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On appeal, Barnett raises one issue: whether the trial judge’s failure to grant him funds to hire1 an expert violated'due process. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. On Friday, May 25, 2007, Danny Tavares, then fifty-two years old, went to work at his family’s used car lot, Tavares Motors in Kosciusko, which his father had operated before him.…