Wilson v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

111. Bertha Mae Wilson was convicted of deliberate design-murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether it was reversible error *546under Mississippi Rule of Evidence Rule 404(b) for the State to cross-examine Wilson with prior statements that she made to a non-testifying but available psychological expert.

¶ 2. Because there was no contemporaneous Rule 404(b) objection at trial, the issue is procedurally barred. We nonetheless consider the issue on the merits and find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the…