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BENITEZ v. STATE

No. 2013-KA-00469-COA.

139 So.3d 134 (2014)

Ruben Orlando BENITEZ a/k/a Ruben O. Benitez, Appellant. v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

May 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by George T. Holmes , Benjamin Allen Suber , attorneys for appellant.

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

Before LEE, C.J., ROBERTS, CARLTON and JAMES, JJ.

CARLTON, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On March 7, 2013, a Harrison County jury convicted Ruben Orlando Benitez of murder. The Harrison County Circuit Court sentenced Benitez to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Benitez now appeals his conviction and sentence.

FACTS

¶ 2. On the morning of September 18, 2011, Sergeant Joey Fore with the D'Iberville, Mississippi...

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