Day v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
589 So.2d 637 (1991)
Calvin DAY
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 90-KA-0108.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 6, 1991.
Sam N. Fonda, Lott Franklin Fonda & Flanagan, Greenwood, for appellant.
Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
BANKS, Justice, for the Court:
I
Here we are confronted with the question of whether it is error to exclude evidence of prior threats made by a homicide victim to the accused where the accused takes the position that the ultimate shooting was accidental but the prior threats have bearing on the issue of whether the result was…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Hawkins; Dissent; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Hawkins.
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