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ABEYTA v. STATE

No. 2013-KA-00495-SCT.

137 So.3d 305 (2014)

Ryan Allen ABEYTA a/k/a Ryan A. Abeyta a/k/a Ryan Abeyta v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by Benjamin Allen Suber , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Melanie Dotson Thomas , attorney for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., CHANDLER and KING, JJ.

CHANDLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. A Harrison County jury convicted Ryan Abeyta of the murder of his mother, and the Circuit Court of Harrison County sentenced him to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Abeyta appeals, arguing that he was entitled to a jury instruction on heat-of-passion manslaughter, that the evidence of deliberate design was insufficient to support the verdict, and that the trial court abused its discretion...

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