Legal Opinion
Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 2016No. 2014-KA-01202-SCTPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, JUSTICE,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Travaris Christian was convicted in the Hinds County Circuit Court on two counts of capital murder (underlying felony of robbery); one count of house burglary, conspiracy to commit house burglary, felonious child neglect, and felon in possession of a firearm—all offenses having occurred on or about January 24, 2011. Christian appeals, claiming his constitutional rights to confrontation were violated; his convictions are supported by insufficient evidence; and the trial court erred in granting the State an aiding-and-abetting instruction and denying him an…
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