White v. Mississippi
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A jury convicted Eboni White of manslaughter, and the trial judge sentenced her to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). White appealed, claiming the trial court erred by: (1) refusing to dismiss her indictment based on certain improper influences on the grand jury; (2) prohibiting her expert witness from giving his opinion at trial on the use of force in self-defense; (3) refusing to instruct the jury on her theory of self-defense; and (4) not allowing her witness to testify because he was in the courtroom during the expert's testimony. Additionally, White challenged the weight and sufficiency of the evidence to support her conviction and argued cumulative error. The Court of Appeals affirmed, finding no error. The Supreme Court granted certiorari on the issues of whether the trial court erred by excluding the witness' testimony and denying White’s jury instructions, the Court found error and reversed for a new trial.
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