Legal Opinion
Polk v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided May 3, 2016No. 2014-KA-01497-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, C.J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. James Earl Polk Jr. was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marion County of murder and sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and fined $5,000. Polk now appeals, asserting: (1) his right to confrontation was violated when the trial court admitted statements made by his cousin and codefendant, Howard Earl Polk Jr. (Howard), through the testimony of three witnesses; (2) his right to confrontation was violated when the trial court admitted the testimony from a medical examiner who did not perform the autopsy or author the autopsy…
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