Legal Opinion
Timothy Nelson Evans v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 2017No. 2013-DP-01877-SCTPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, PRESIDING JUSTICE,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Timothy Nelson Evans was tried and convicted of capital murder with the underlying felony of robbery for the killing of Wenda Holling. At the conclusion of the sentencing phase, the jury, imposed the death penalty. The Circuit Court of Hancock County denied Evans’s-post-trial motions. Evans appeals, raising ten assignments of error. Finding no error, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
' ¶2. Evidence adduced at trial revealed that in the spring of 2009, Evans moved into Holling’s home as her tenant. The two previously had been romantically…
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