Legal Opinion

Ezell v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided September 10, 2013No. 2012-KA-00708-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Dexter Ezell was convicted of sale of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of *612a school, and was sentenced to serve sixty-years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In his sole issue on appeal, Ezell contends the admission of testimony from a forensic scientist violated his right to confront a witness against him.

DISCUSSION

¶ 2. In his only issue on appeal, Ezell argues the admission of Tara Milam’s testimony violated his right to confront a witness against him. Milam was a forensic scientist with the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  4. McGowen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Briggs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Robert Bufford v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. Clyde Chatman, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  3. Fredrick Smith, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  4. Clyde Chatman, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  5. DeAngelo Morment a/k/a DeAngelo Montrel Morment a/k/a DeAngelo M. Morment v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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