STATES v. STATE

No. 2010-KA-01033-SCT.

88 So.3d 749 (2012)

Shawn STATES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Public Defender, by Virginia Lynn Watkins , William R. Labarre , Alison Oliver Kelly , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Lisa Lynn Blount , Scott Stuart , for attorneys for appellee.

Before DICKINSON, P.J., RANDOLPH and PIERCE, JJ.


DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Shawn States was found guilty of capital murder for killing Justin Howard and Antoine Reece while in the commission of armed robbery. States brings three arguments on appeal: (1) the prosecution discriminated based on race and gender in its peremptory strikes; (2) the trial court failed to grant circumstantial-evidence instructions; and (3) the trial court improperly...

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