Gilmore v. State

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Stanley Gilmore was convicted of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon on September 7, 2011, in the Circuit Court of Copiah County. Gilmore stipulated that he previously had been convicted of two separate felonies and that he had shot Delwin Smith four times in self-defense. Gilmore appealed his conviction, raising numerous errors. We reverse and remand for a new trial on both counts, because Gilmore was prejudiced by the introduction of inadmissible evidence of a prior conviction.

FACTS

¶ 2. In March of 2011, Delwin Smith and…