Chatman v. State

761 So.2d 851 (2000)

Frank C. CHATMAN, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-00537-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 2000.

Donna Sue Smith, Columbus, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE BANKS, P.J., WALLER AND DIAZ, JJ.

BANKS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Here, we are presented with two questions: (1) whether a defendant is entitled to a more specifically worded instruction when the law of the more specific instruction is given in another instruction; and (2) whether a photograph of a bloody crime scene is…