WINN v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-00938-COA.

127 So.3d 289 (2013)

Darnell WINN a/k/a Nell, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie S. Lee , Jackson, Sanford E. Knott , Justin Taylor Cook , Marvell Maurice Gordon , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts , attorney for appellee.

Before IRVING, P.J., ISHEE and FAIR, JJ.


FAIR, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Darnell Winn was convicted of aggravated assault in the attempted shooting of Robert Johnson, his stepbrother. Winn's argument on appeal is essentially that because the bullet did not hit Johnson, there is insufficient evidence he intended it to. We do not find this argument persuasive and conclude a rational trier of fact could have found that Winn simply missed.

FACTS

¶ 2. Winn and Johnson had known each...

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