John Andrew Casey v. State of Mississippi

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. John Andrew Casey appeals his conviction for aggravated assault of his then girlfriend, Lauren Brocato. "While his first trial resulted in a mistrial on this charge, he was convicted of aggravated assault after a second trial. Casey now appeals citing Rule 403 1 and claims the judge should have excluded evidence that during the assault he caged Lauren in a dog crate before wrapping her in a chain. Because the State offered this evidence in his first trial to prove kidnapping — a charge for which he was acquitted — Casey argues its probative value in his second…