Blocker v. State

809 So.2d 640 (2002)

Yolanda BLOCKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-01694-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 7, 2002.

William Andy Sumrall, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

McRAE, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Yolanda Blocker was convicted of one count of murder less than capital and one count of aggravated assault. She was sentenced to serve life, plus twenty (20) years to run concurrently. On appeal she alleges several errors by the trial court, namely, not granting a mistrial on…