Legal Opinion

Harness v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided May 19, 2009No. 2007-KA-01415-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Jaison Harness was convicted in the Hinds County Circuit Court of aggravated driving under the influence and sentenced to serve a term of twenty-five years, with ten years suspended and five years of supervised probation, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

¶ 2. Aggrieved, Harness appeals and asserts the following issues, which we quote verbatim:(1) The trial court erred when it admitted the testimony of Joseph Cotten as an accident reconstructionist because Cotten failed to qualify as an expert under Mississippi Rule of Evidence 702;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Farris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Debrow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Harness v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Jaison O. Harness v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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