Fulgham v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
LAMAR, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Kristi Fulgham was convicted of capital murder1 and sentenced to death for killing her husband, Joey Fulgham.2 Fulgham claims numerous errors at the guilt and sentencing phases of her trial. We find merit in one assignment of error: The trial court committed reversible error by limiting mitigation evidence. Specifically, the court erred by refusing to allow social worker Adrienne Dorsey-Kidd to testify to her observations as mitigating evidence at the sentencing phase. So we affirm Fulgham’s conviction of capital murder and reverse her sentence of death and…
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