Merritt v. State

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Ivana Merritt appeals her conviction of aggravated DUI following a three-day jury trial in the Hinds County Circuit Court. Merritt was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, with five years suspended and fifteen to serve.

¶ 2. She asserts trial court error in allowing her statements to the arresting officer, in allowing the reopening of direct testimony of a prosecution witness without prior cross-examination by the defense, and in instructing the jury. Finding no error, we affirm Merritt’s conviction and sentence.

FACTS

¶ 3. The accident occurred early in the…