Turner v. State

GRIFFIS, J,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Derrick Turner was convicted for capital murder under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19 (Rev.2006). The Oktibbeha County Circuit Court sentenced Turner to life without the possibility of parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On appeal, Turner claims that: (1) there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction; (2) the circuit court improperly denied his jury instruction on the impeachment of witnesses; (8) the circuit court improperly denied his jury instruction requiring acquittal where an accomplice’s testimony was…