Legal Opinion
Michael Ray Fontaine v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided March 13, 2018No. 2015–KA–00719–COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENLEE, J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. On November 3, 2011, a jury in Forrest County Circuit Court found Michael Fontaine guilty of burglary of a nonresidential dwelling and conspiracy to commit burglary of a nonresidential dwelling. Fontaine appeals claiming (1) the circuit court erred by not allowing the full audio-recorded polygraph interview to be played when the State played a two-minute excerpt; (2) the circuit court erred in excluding the affidavit of a deceased co-defendant; (3) prosecutorial misconduct denied Fontaine a fair trial; (4) insufficient evidence supported the verdicts; and (5)…
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