ANDERSON v. STATE

NO. 2022-KA-00007-SCT.

359 So.3d 637 (2023)

Samuel Hunter ANDERSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, BY: GEORGE T. HOLMES , Jackson.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BY: BARBARA WAKELAND BYRD , Jackson.

BEFORE KING, P.J., COLEMAN AND BEAM, JJ.


¶1. A jury found Samuel Hunter Anderson guilty of the murder of his grandmother, Evelyn Davenport. On appeal, Anderson asserts that the trial court erred by refusing an accident-or-misfortune jury instruction and by admitting evidence of Anderson's other bad acts.

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