Prater v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On August 3, 2006, Willie Prater was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in the custody the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole. Aggrieved, Prater appeals arguing the following: (1) the trial court erred in excluding a defense witness; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) the State made inflammatory remarks during closing argument; (4) the trial court erred in allowing opinion testimony about canine olfactory evidence; (5) he was entitled to a lesser-included-offense instruction; (6)…