Legal Opinion
White v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided October 23, 2012No. 2011-KA-00048-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. A Claiborne County jury convicted Eboni White of manslaughter, and the trial judge sentenced her to a term of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). White now appeals to this Court, claiming the trial court erred in: refusing to dismiss her indictment based on certain improper influences on the grand jury; prohibiting her expert witness, Jeffrey Curtis, from giving his opinion at trial on the use of force in self-defense; refusing to instruct the jury on her theory of self-defense; and in not allowing her witness, Ricky…
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