Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
986 So.2d 270 (2008)
Kenneth BROWN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2005-CT-00108-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 26, 2008.
Phillip Broadhead, Oxford, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. This is a conviction for aggravated assault and shooting into a dwelling house. During closing argument, the prosecutor repeatedly suggested to the jury that it should return a verdict of guilty for reasons other than that the defendant in this case was actually guilty. On one such occasion, after defense…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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