Johnson v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On October 28, 2003, Michael Johnson was convicted of capital murder in the Rankin County Circuit Court, and was sentenced to a term of life without parole, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by his conviction, he appeals this decision on the following grounds:

I. The trial court committed reversible error in permitting the jury to see the photographs marked S-12, 14 and 15.

II. The trial court committed error by allowing the State to submit a flight instruction to the jury.

III. The verdict was against the overwhelming weight of…