Trevioun Lamont Cornelius Briggs v. State of Mississippi

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2013, a woman was attacked in the parking lot of Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and her shopping bags were stolen. The assailant was identified as a black male wearing a red-colored sweatshirt. Later the same evening, authorities apprehended Trevioun Briggs after he attempted to return some of the stolen items to the stores from which they were purchased in the mall. When authorities searched Briggs’s vehicle, they discovered the remainder of the stolen items. Briggs was arrested and tried in the Madison County Circuit Court for robbery and tampering…