STEVENSON v. STATE

NO. 2020-KA-00364-SCT.

320 So.3d 1225 (2021)

Yancy STEVENSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER BY: W. DANIEL HINCHCLIFF , GEORGE T. HOLMES , Jackson.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: META S. COPELAND , Jackson.

EN BANC.


¶1. Yancy Stevenson was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. On appeal, Stevenson contends the circuit court should have declared a mistrial sua sponte after one of the State's witnesses testified that Stevenson had said that "he thought somebody was gonna snitch on him and he hate to kill somebody...

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