Foxworth v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Jason Foxworth was found guilty in the Circuit Court of Harrison County of capital murder. He was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole.

¶ 2. Foxworth now appeals his conviction, asserting two issues: (1) reversible error occurred when the State told the jury in its opening statement that Steven Lamar Fairley, a co-defendant, had pleaded guilty to armed robbery in the same crime, and (2) the trial court committed reversible error in failing to grant either of his two…