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SMITH v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00375-COA.

20 So.3d 12 (2009)

Thomas Terrell SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 2009.

Certiorari Denied October 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, Joseph Joshua Stevens, Erin Elizabeth Pridgen, attorneys for appellant.

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

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

ROBERTS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court found Thomas Terrell Smith guilty of murder. The circuit court sentenced Smith to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole. Following an unsuccessful post-trial motion for a new trial, Smith appeals. Smith claims the circuit court erred when it denied his proposed jury instructions on the theories...

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