Weaver v. State

2 Citing cases

  1. Carter v. State

    385 So. 3d 488 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024)

    ¶14. Going one step further, in Weaver v. State, 265 So. 3d 182 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018), this Court upheld the trial court’s decision to refuse a jury instruction on imperfect self-defense where a defendant’s own testimony debunked any notion of intent in the moment the victim was shot. Id. at 190-95 (¶¶28-32) & n.4.

  2. Grimes v. State

    361 So. 3d 179 (Miss. Ct. App. 2023)   Cited 3 times
    In Grimes, this Court reiterated the established procedure a trial court should employ when faced with a party’s claims of improper outside influence on a jury.

    When read together, if the jury instructions state the law of the case and create no injustice, then no reversible error will be found." Weaver v. State , 265 So. 3d 182, 189 (¶25) (Miss. Ct. App. 2018) (citing Burgess v. State , 178 So. 3d 1266, 1272 (¶14) (Miss. 2015) ). A. Evidentiary Basis