Derrick Johnson v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Derrick Johnson confessed to killing a security guard during a gas station robbery. The audiotape of his confession and his handwritten statement were admitted into evidence at trial, and the jury convict ed Mm of capital murder. On appeal, Johnson argues that the trial judge erred by refusing to allow him to cross-examine a former Jackson Police Department (JPD) detective — one of two detectives to whom he confessed — about allegations that the detective had accepted bribes in unrelated cases. We conclude that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion. We…