Lorenzo Hull v. State of Mississippi

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After a four-day trial, a Warren County jury convicted Lorenzo Hull of depraved-heart murder. He was sentenced to thirty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) as a habitual offender. He now appeals, raising several issues. Hull claims the trial court erred by permitting the State’s expert witness in forensic pathology to give speculative testimony, refusing to redact the victim’s death certificate to remove prejudicial hearsay, refusing two jury instructions, and sentencing him as a habitual offender. Hull also argues the…