Legal Opinion

Ira Donell Bowser v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 2015No. 2014-KA-01283-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Ira Bowser admitted to killing Sha-bree Page at their apartment on June 9, 2012. The question at trial was whether Bowser’s actions were a product of deliberate design murder, second degree murder, heat of passion manslaughter, or self defense. The jury returned a verdict of deliberate design murder, and the trial court sentenced Bowser, as a habitual offender, to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. .On appeal, Bowser challenges the weight and sufficiency of the evidence. .We find sufficient evidence to support, the jury’s…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Casey Sheldon Woods v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Frankie T. Jones v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Melvin Potts v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Kale Scott v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Andre Baker a/k/a Andre Antonio-Rapheal Baker a/k/a Andre Antonio Baker v. State of Mississippi;Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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