MORGAN v. STATE

No. 2012-KA-00861-SCT.

117 So.3d 619 (2013)

Joe MORGAN a/k/a Lil Joe v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by Erin Elizabeth Pridgen , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood , attorney for appellee.

Before RANDOLPH, P.J., KING and COLEMAN, JJ.


RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Before the Court is Joe Morgan's direct appeal of his convictions of murder of Damien Talbert and manslaughter of Ricky Thomas. Morgan received a life sentence for the murder conviction and twenty years' incarceration for the manslaughter conviction. Morgan challenges the denial of his requested jury instruction on imperfect self defense and the denial of his motion for a mistrial. Finding that both claims lack...

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