STATE v. McMURRY

No. 2003-KA-00081-COA.

906 So.2d 43 (2004)

STATE of Mississippi, Appellant, v. Johnny Lane McMURRY a/k/a Johnnie Lane McMurry, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gilmore Martin, John W. Bullard, Vicksburg, attorneys for appellant.

William Mitchell Moran, attorney for appellee.

Before BRIDGES, P.J., MYERS and BARNES, JJ.


BRIDGES, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Circuit Court of Warren County acquitted Johnny Lane McMurry of kidnaping Laurie Kistler. Aggrieved, the State appeals and asserts the following issue verbatim:

I. THE CIRCUIT COURT ERRED IN GRANTING INSTRUCTION D-3 WHICH IS A CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE INSTRUCTION, IN THIS, A NON-CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE.

For reasons discussed below, we decide the question only.

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