Burrell v. State

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Tyrone Burrell was indicted for kidnapping. Burrell maintained that he merely tricked an elderly man into driving him to Memphis, but the jury found him guilty of kidnapping. The trial court sentenced Burrell to thirty years without parole. Burrell appeals.

Factual Background and Procedural History

¶2. On the morning of November 5, 2012, Charles and Fredna Jeter left their home in Horn Lake and headed to Bally’s Casino in Tunica. Fredna drove, as Charlie had stopped driving several years earlier after a stroke and a heart attack. Inside Bally’s, Fredna played…