Legal Opinion
Everett Moore v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 19, 2018No. 2016–KA–01507–SCTPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITCHENS, PRESIDING JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. A DeSoto County jury convicted Everett Moore of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Norris Smith. The Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, sentenced Moore to thirty years' imprisonment. We reverse Moore's conviction and sentence and remand the case for a new trial because the trial court committed reversible error in denying Moore's proposed circumstantial evidence jury instruction.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. On September 29, 2015, at 12:07 p.m., Officer Walter Medford of the Olive Branch Police Department responded to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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