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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 95 So. 3d 641
  • 2012 WL 3601837
  • 2012 Miss. LEXIS 410

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  • recognizing that when jury instructions, read as a whole, properly state the applicable law, there is no error
  • “[T]his Court will not pass upon the credibility of witnesses and, where the evidence justifies a verdict, it must be accepted as having been found worthy of belief.” (quotation marks omitted)
  • Mississippi Supreme Court may limit the issues it addresses after granting certiorari
  • “[T]his Court may limit the issue(s) we wish to address upon a grant of certiorari.” (citing McCain v. State, 81 So. 3d 1055, 1059 n.5 (Miss. 2012); Glidden v. State, 74 So. 3d 342, 345 (Miss. 2011); M.R.A.P. 17(h))

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Judges: Carlson, Chandler, Dickinson, King, Kitchens, Lamar, Pierce, Randolph, Waller

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