WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00695-COA.

53 So.3d 761 (2009)

David Jackson WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Hill , Oxford, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


IRVING, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. A Lafayette County jury found David Jackson Williams guilty of murder. Thereafter, the Lafayette County Circuit Court sentenced Williams to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Feeling aggrieved, Williams appeals and asserts that the circuit court erred when it: (1) refused his request for an assisted-suicide instruction; (2) allowed a priest to claim the priest-penitent privilege regarding conversations...

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