Jeycob England v. State of Mississippi

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Jeycob England was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Scott Ford, and sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. England appeals his conviction and sentence, asserting two grounds: (1) the State’s medical expert’s testimony violated England’s Confrontation Clause right; and (2) England received an illegal sentence above the statutory maximum. This Court affirms.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On July 22, 2011, England went to the Electric. Cowboy, a bar in Jackson, Mississippi, with his girlfriend, Bridget…