Bolton v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1; On June 28, 2010, a Leake County grand jury indicted Lebrian Dontae Bolton for the murder of Wayne Lewis. Bolton’s trial took place in the Leake County Circuit Court beginning on January 11, 2011, and resulted in Bolton’s conviction for the murder of Wayne Lewis. The Leake *1130County Circuit Court sentenced Bolton to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Bolton filed a motion for a new trial, which the circuit judge denied. Bolton timely filed his notice of appeal on January 24, 2011.

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¶ 2. The…