Brodrick Akeem Moody v. State of Mississippi

RANDOLPH, PRESIDING JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Brodrick Moody was found guilty of possession of a cell phone while confined in a correctional facility and was sentenced to serve ten years, to run consecutively to the sentence he was serving. Moody asserts the trial court erred in instructing the jury as to the applicable law and burden of proof. We find that the trial court erred in instructing the jury and reverse Moody’s conviction, vacate his sentence, and remand for a new trial consistent with this opinion.

STATEMENT OP THE PACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

¶2. Moody was indicted by a Leake County…