Moffett v. State

IRVING, J,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Sinardo James Moffett was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced by the Hinds County Circuit Court as a habitual offender to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved, Moffett appeals and asserts: (1) that the trial court erred in allowing his codefendant to testify when the State knew that the code-fendant would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, (2) that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, (3) that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence,1…