Legal Opinion
Malcolm Jamal Husband v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided July 26, 2016No. 2015-KA-00558-COAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Malcolm Husband was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with ten years suspended. After the trial court denied Husband’s motion for a new trial, he filed an appeal. Finding that the trial court committed reversible error in the giving of a castle-doctrine jury instruction favoring the victim, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶2. On November 14, 2013, Husband and his twelve-year-old stepson, Tylen Peters, visited Husband’s elderly aunt and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Conners v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
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