BUTLER v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-01435-SCT.

102 So.3d 260 (2012)

Ahmad R. BUTLER a/k/a Ahamd Butler, v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by Justin Taylor Cook , attorney for appellant.

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

Before CARLSON, P.J., RANDOLPH and KITCHENS, JJ.


CARLSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Ahmad Butler was convicted of manslaughter by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. He was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Butler appeals, claiming that pretrial photo lineups were overly suggestive, that identifications were unreliable, and that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for a new trial. Butler's arguments are without merit, and the...

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