BANYARD v. STATE

No. 2006-KA-01843-COA.

47 So.3d 708 (2009)

Demarious Latwan BANYARD a/k/a Lil Murray a/k/a Mur-Mur, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Labarre , James Adam Powers , Virginia Lynn Watkins , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Ladonna C. Holland , attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., GRIFFIS and CARLTON, JJ.


KING, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Demarious Latwan Banyard was convicted of capital murder for killing Robin Eric Ballad during the commission of an armed robbery. The Circuit Court of Hinds County sentenced Banyard to serve a term of life imprisonment, without eligibility for parole, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Banyard appeals his conviction and raises the following three issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred...

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