Maurice Brown v. State of Mississippi

KITCHENS, PRESIDING JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. On the morning of July 30, 2015, Maurice Brown entered the home from which Mattie Moore, the neighborhood “candy lady,” sold candy, chips, soda pops, cigarettes, and other knick-knacks. Mattie Moore’s granddaughter, who lived with her grandmother, was startled from her sleep when her grandmother loudly called her name. A young African-American man, whom the granddaughter, Cheramie Moore, later identified from a photograph lineup as Maurice Brown, appeared in the doorway to her bedroom with a shotgun in hand. The man demanded that Cheramie Moore…