ADAMS v. STATE

No. 2009-KA-01560-COA.

62 So.3d 432 (2011)

Riley Lafate ADAMS a/k/a Riley Lafayete Adams, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Holmes , Leslie S. Lee , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore , attorney for appellee.

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


MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. A Clarke County jury found Riley Lafate Adams guilty of murdering Ruth Ellen Roberts. On appeal, Adams claims: (1) the circuit court should have excluded his final admission to law enforcement that he shot Roberts; (2) it erred in excluding his testimony concerning prior suicide attempts, which he deemed relevant to his theory of defense—that while attempting to kill himself, his pistol discharged when Roberts attempted...

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