WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2006-KA-01151-COA.

973 So.2d 1012 (2008)

Sam Henry WILLIAMS, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips, Jason Avery Mangum, Newton, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., BARNES, and ISHEE, JJ.


ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On the night of May 21, 2005, Sam Henry Williams shot and killed Virginia Ann Kidd at Williams's home. He was subsequently convicted of her murder. At trial, his motions for peremptory jury instructions, for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and for a new trial were denied. Additionally, the trial court excluded testimony concerning the potential for the weapon Williams used in the shooting to accidentally discharge under...

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