Legal Opinion

Harper v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided September 2, 2003No. 2002-KA-01221-COAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. Boris Harper appeals his conviction after a jury trial on three counts of aggravated assault and one count of capital murder. Harper argues the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial due to the State’s failure to disclose a substantive change in a material witness’s intended testimony. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On March 28, 2001, Boris Harper and Tome Ellis entered a country grocery store. They were armed and their faces partially masked with handkerchiefs. They demanded the money…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. BlendenMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. McCaine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Randle v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Shaw v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013

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