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Williams v. State

308 So. 3d 892 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)
Williams v. State

4 Citing cases

  1. Parker v. State

    No. 2023-KA-00550-COA (Miss. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2024)

    ¶11. As part of this assignment of error, Parker initially argues that the affidavits from his prior convictions should have been excluded because they were improper under Rule 404(b) and unduly prejudicial compared to the probative value under Rule 403. Generally, relevant evidence, including proof of other crimes or acts of a defendant, may be admitted under Rule 404(b) as long as "it is still subjected to the requirement that evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice" under Rule 403. Williams v. State, 308 So.3d 892, 895 (¶13) (Miss. Ct. App. 2020) (citing Adams v. State, 794 So.2d 1049, 1055 (¶14) (Miss. Ct. App. 2001)). Akin to the facts before us, in a previous assault-and-kidnapping case, we held that it was not an abuse of discretion to allow testimony about prior incidents with previous girlfriends where the defendant held the women against their will, assaulted them under similar circumstances, and threatened them.

  2. Galarza v. State

    385 So. 3d 862 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024)

    Id. (quoting Williams v. State, 308 So. 3d 892, 894-95 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)).

  3. Green v. State

    365 So. 3d 1020 (Miss. Ct. App. 2022)   Cited 1 times

    "Reversal is appropriate only when the circuit court's abuse of discretion results in prejudice to the accused." Williams v. State , 308 So. 3d 892, 894-95 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2020). (Emphasis added).

  4. Lomas v. State

    328 So. 3d 670 (Miss. Ct. App. 2021)   Cited 7 times
    In Lomas v. State, 328 So. 3d 670, 685 (¶¶36-37) (Miss. Ct. App. 2021), this Court found that the prosecutor’s statement to the jury to "[g]ive the family some justice; give [the victim] some justice" was not an improper argument that "encourages juries to use their verdict to send-a-message to the public or to other potential criminals, instead of rendering a verdict based solely on the evidence introduced at the trial of that case."

    "Reversal is appropriate only when the circuit court's abuse of discretion results in prejudice to the accused." Williams v. State , 308 So.3d 892, 894-895 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2020). ¶50.