Davis v. State
| Docket Number: | 2006-KA-02124-COA Linked Case(s): 2006-KA-02124-SCT ; 2006-KA-02124-COA ; 2006-CT-02124-SCT |
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| Court of Appeals: |
Opinion Link Opinion Date: 05-27-2008 Opinion Author: KING, C.J. Holding: Affirmed |
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Topic: Murder - Sufficiency of evidence Judge(s) Concurring: LEE AND MYERS, P.JJ., IRVING, CHANDLER, GRIFFIS, BARNES, ISHEE, ROBERTS AND CARLTON, JJ. Procedural History: Jury Trial Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - FELONY |
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| Trial Court: |
Date of Trial Judgment: 03-23-2006 Appealed from: Adams County Circuit Court Judge: Forrest Johnson Disposition: CONVICTED OF MURDER AND SENTENCED TO SERVE A TERM OF LIFE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS District Attorney: Ronnie Lee Harper Case Number: 05-KR-0197-J |
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| Appellant: | WILLIAM TERRY DAVIS |
GUS GRABLE SERMOS |
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| Appellee: | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI | OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: W. GLENN WATTS | ||
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| Topic: | Murder - Sufficiency of evidence |
| Summary of the Facts: | William Davis was convicted of murder and was sentenced to a term of life. He appeals. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | William argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the verdict and that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. From the evidence presented at trial, a jury might reasonably infer that William learned of his ex-wife’s intention to move to Colorado. Then either late in the evening on May 16 or early in the morning on May 17, William left his parents’ residence to go to his ex-wife’s house. Upon his arrival at her house, he cut the telephone lines to the house. Then, he followed through with the threat he had communicated to his ex-wife’s boyfriend. After he had beaten her to death and while still overcome with emotion, he admitted the act to a friend. Based on the evidence presented and the reasonable inferences that flow from that evidence, a reasonable juror could have found that William murdered his ex-wife. Even if the testimony of William’s alibi witnesses is accepted as true, there is still a period of time for which William’s whereabouts are unaccounted. This period of unaccounted for time is within the window of opportunity for the victim’s death. |
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