Kenneth Brian Weaver v. State of Mississippi

IRVING, P.J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Kenneth Brian Weaver was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to a term of forty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with ten years suspended and five years of supervised probation. He now appeals, asserting two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict or, in the alternative, his motion for a new trial; and (2) whether the trial court erred in refusing his jury instruction on imperfect self-defense. We find no merit in either of these issues; therefore, we affirm.

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