Smith v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court found Thomas Terrell Smith guilty of murder. The circuit court sentenced Smith to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole. Following an unsuccessful post-trial motion for a new trial, Smith appeals. Smith claims the circuit court erred when it denied his proposed jury instructions on the theories of heat-of-passion manslaughter, manslaughter following the decedent’s commission of a felony, and self-defense. Finding no error, we…