Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided December 11, 2007No. 2006-KA-00717-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

970 So.2d 1300 (2007)

Amanda Rochelle BROWN, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2006-KA-00717-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 11, 2007.

Charles E. Miller, McComb, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., CHANDLER and CARLTON, JJ.

CHANDLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The appellant, Amanda Brown, was tried in the Circuit Court of Pike County for the murder of Lakisha Russ.[1] After a five-day trial, the jury convicted her of manslaughter. The judge sentenced her to twenty years in the custody of the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. City of Revere v. Massachusetts General HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Sheffield v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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