Bennett v. State

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This is the appeal of a capital murder conviction and death sentence handed down by a Rankin County Circuit Court jury.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. Brandon Allen Bennett (“Brandon”) was born in June 2000 to Yolanda Lewis (“Lewis”) and the Appellant, Devin Bennett (“Bennett”). Two months later on August 25, 2000, at 8:45 a.m., Bennett took Brandon to River Oaks Hospital where nurse Collette Moreland (“Moreland”) took Brandon from Bennett, noting that the baby was pale, cold, and not breathing. The medical records indicate Brandon was asystolic,…