Porter v. State

BRIDGES, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Rodney Gadis Porter was convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, First Judicial District, of one count of murder and of one count of taking possession of or taking away a motor vehicle and sentenced to serve concurrent terms of life and five years, respectively, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by the judgment, Porter now appeals to this Court raising three issues.

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES

I. Did the trial court commit reversible error in denying Porter’s jury instructions on self-defense?

II. Did Porter’s counsel…