Legal Opinion

Tucker v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 7, 2011No. 2010-KA-00305-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Matthew Chester Tucker was convicted in the Coahoma County Circuit Court of attempted kidnapping. On appeal, Tucker argues that the trial judge committed reversible error when he allowed a photograph into evidence. We find no error and affirm.

FACTS

¶2. On September 15, 2008, Higgins Middle School football coach Joseph Furdge held football practice in Clarks-dale, Mississippi. Furdge and two of his players, Cedric LeFlore and Kimeon Butler, testified that they saw a tall white man with a bald head and a moustache grab a young girl by the arm in the parking lot…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Stewart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Winding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  4. Higgins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Keys v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007

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