Hye v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. A jury in the Jackson County Circuit Court convicted Terry Hye Jr. of capital murder. Hye was sentenced to life without parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Hye’s post-trial motions were denied. Hye now appeals, asserting the following issues: (1) jury instruction 7 omitted an element of the crime charged; (2) the evidence was insufficient to prove he participated in the underlying crime; (3) the trial court erred in refusing an accessory-after-the-fact instruction; (4) the trial court erred in refusing an…