Anderson v. State

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Damien Anderson, also known as Damien Wise, was convicted of murder by the Circuit Court of Holmes County, Mississippi, in an action arising from the homicide of Darnell “Sporty” Smith. Anderson contends that the circuit court erred when it refused to grant a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. Anderson states that the trial court improperly forced the defense to choose between manslaughter and self-defense instructions. However, because no reasonable jury could have found the defendant guilty of the lesser-included…