Legal Opinion
Chinn v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2007No. 2005-KA-02231-SCTPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
958 So.2d 1223 (2007)
Noah Brent CHINN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2005-KA-02231-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 28, 2007.
Michael Duane Mitchell, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
DIAZ, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Noah Brent Chinn was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a twenty-year prison term. Finding that the trial court erred in failing to grant a jury instruction on the defendant's theory of the case, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
Facts
¶ 2. Around 2:00 a.m. on July 31, 2004, Chinn and his wife…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Humphrey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
- Austin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Neese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
- Mitchell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
- Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
- Walden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
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