Cotton v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Joe Cotton was convicted of murder in the death of Fannie Lee Burks. He appeals from his conviction, challenging the sufficiency and the weight of the evidence. Finding no error, we affirm Cotton’s conviction and sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. The following facts are taken from the Court of Appeals’ opinion:

On April 9, 1995, [Fannie Lee] Burks’s body was found in her apartment in Tunica, Mississippi. She had been shot three times, and some of her jewelry was missing. It was determined her death occurred after 12:01 a.m. There…