Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Richard Lamar Green v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 2018No. 2017-KA-00770-SCTPublished
1Concurring in part, dissenting in part
KING, JUSTICE, CONCURRING IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART:
¶ 27. Although I agree with the majority's conclusion that the State produced sufficient evidence to support Green's attempted murder conviction, I respectfully dissent from the majority's finding that the State produced sufficient evidence to support his kidnapping conviction. I would find that Green's act of moving Cathy from the bedroom of her house to the living room of her house merely was incidental to the attempted murder.
¶ 28. Green argues that, because his confinement of Cathy had no significance independent of his assault of…
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