Lenard v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury convicted Amy Lenard in the Panola County Circuit Court on a charge of felony child deprivation. She was sentenced to serve five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with two years suspended.

¶ 2. Lenard now appeals, arguing six assignments of error: (1) the trial judge erred in denying Lenard’s motion for recu-sal; (2) the trial court erred in denying Lenard’s “empty chair” defense; (3) the trial court erred in denying Lenard’s motion in limine to exclude records obtained from the Mississippi Department of Human…