Legal Opinion

Howell v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 5, 2014No. 2012-KA-01814-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After being indicted for murder,1 a jury found Denorris Howell guilty of the manslaughter of LaKeith Jones.2 Howell *214now appeals his conviction and raises the following issues: (1) whether there was sufficient evidence to support his manslaughter conviction; (2) whether the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence; and (3) whether the circuit court erred by denying his request to admit into evidence photographs of his family.

¶ 2. Upon review, we find the evidence in the record legally sufficient to support Howell’s conviction and that his…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Voyles v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Green v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Moss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. Clyde Chatman, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  3. Clyde Chatman, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  4. Steven L. Lewis a/k/a Steven Lewis v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2023

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