Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided May 31, 2011No. 2010-KA-00162-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eric Davis was convicted, in the Warren County Circuit Court, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and murder after he shot his next-door neighbor’s son, Devin Moore. Feeling aggrieved by his conviction, Davis appeals and alleges that: he was entitled to a jury instruction on the defense of necessity regarding the possession of a firearm by a felon; the weight of the evidence is against his conviction, and the circuit court erred in refusing to allow testimony regarding the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Moore’s blood at the time of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Hearn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Boyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Martez Taylor v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  2. Deshaude Jones a/k/a Deshaude Lakeith Jones v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025

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