Pierce v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Willie Mack Pierce, Jr. was convicted in the Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court of murdering his brother-in-law and was sentenced to life imprisonment. After denial of his post-trial motions, Pierce filed this appeal. Finding no reversible error, we affirm his conviction and sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. The evidence leaves no doubt that Silas Upton Jr. was shot and killed by a shotgun blast to the chest at close range as he sat in his lounge chair at home. Pierce did not testify in his own defense, but it was generally agreed that there was no…