Tillis v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Hinds County grand jury indicted Darrell Tillis for the murder of Michael Olowo-Ake. After hearing all the testimony presented at Tillis’s trial, a jury found Tillis guilty of manslaughter pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-35 (Rev. 2006). On appeal, Tillis raises the following issues: (1) whether the circuit court erred by allowing the coroner to testify and the State to admit the coroner’s report; (2) whether the circuit court erred by overruling Tillis’s objection to an improper comment made by the State during closing argument; (3) whether…