Barnes v. State

BARNES, J„ for the Court:

HI. A Jackson County Circuit Court jury convicted Laterrice Terrell Barnes of deliberate-design murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). He appeals his conviction *788and sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On October 13, 2006, Deadrick Franklin, a known drug dealer and owner of a home at 3520 Kimberly Drive, discovered that his house had been burglarized. Drugs, money, clothes, and shoes were stolen. Franklin followed a trail of his items to the…