Catchings v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Cedric Catchings was convicted in the Hinds County Circuit Court for capital murder. He was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole.

¶ 2. Catchings argues on appeal that he was deprived of his fundamental right to a fair trial by repeated acts of prosecutorial misconduct. He further argues that the trial court erred in not allowing trial counsel to fully cross-examine a non-party witness regarding his two previous felony convictions. Catchings submits that these cumulative errors…