Harrell v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Hinds County jury convicted Christopher Harrell of two crimes: capital murder with the underlying felony of robbery and felon in possession of a firearm. The Hinds County Circuit Court sentenced Harrell to life without the possibility of parole pursuant to the former and ten years, to run concurrently with the life sentence, for the latter.

¶ 2. The Court of Appeals affirmed both convictions, and we granted Harrell’s petition for a writ of certiorari. Harrell raised four issues on direct appeal, but today we address two: (1) whether…