Jonathan Earl Herrington v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. A Neshoba County grand jury indicted Jonathan Herrington for the deliberate-design murder of Billy Scott Bishop. See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19 (1)(a) (Rev. 2014). Following Herrington's trial, a jury convicted him of manslaughter. See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-35 (Rev. 2014). The Neshoba County Circuit Court then sentenced Herrington to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-25 (1) (Rev. 2014).

¶ 2. On appeal from his conviction and sentence, Herrington raises the following issues: (1) whether the…