Jermaine Crump v. State of Mississippi

BARNES, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. A jury found Jermaine Crump guilty of deliberate-design murder. Crump's appellate counsel claims the Yalobusha County Circuit Court, First Judicial District, erred when it: (1) held that Crump could not repeat what the victim allegedly said shortly before Crump killed her; (2) allowed two law-enforcement officers to provide lay opinions as to whether the victim would have been a threat to Crump; and (3) held that the jury's verdict was not contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence. Crump has also filed a pro se supplemental brief. He argues that: (4)…