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PARKER v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-01158-SCT.

119 So.3d 987 (2013)

Lester Lavon PARKER, Jr. a/k/a Lester Levon Parker, Jr. a/k/a Lester Parker, Jr. a/k/a Lester Lavon Parker, v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by Mollie Marie McMillin , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Laura Hogan Tedder , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Fifteen-year-old Lester Lavon Parker Jr. was convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County, Mississippi, for the murder of his fifty-three-year-old grandfather, James Shelton. He was sentenced to serve the remainder of his "natural life" in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). On appeal, Parker challenges his conviction and sentence.

FACTS

¶ 2. In January 2002...

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