Downey v. State

*149 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Nancy Downey was convicted of burglary of a dwelling and first-degree arson by a jury in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County and was given two concurrent twelve-year sentences. Following the denial of Dow-ney’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, she appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed her convictions and sentences. In her petition for writ of certiorari, Downey argues that the trial court erred by failing to suppress her statement to law enforcement officers after she…