Minor v. Mississippi

Eddie Minor was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to serve a term of thirty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). In 2014, sixteen-year-old Jessie Elbert Taylor Jr. was fatally shot in the back. Police observed Taylor lying in the street, who was at the time conscious; Taylor stated that “he had been robbed by two black males.” Taylor told her that the two males had asked for everything in his pocket. He told them that he did not have anything, and the males pulled out guns and started shooting. Taylor stated that he then turned and started running down the street. Witnesses on the street identified then eighteen-year-old Minor, Emanuel “Little Carl” Latham, and Tyrone Noble as being involved in the shooting. Latham testified against Minor, and based in part on that testimony, Minor was convicted. Minor appealed, arguing both that the evidence was legally insufficient to support his conviction and that the jury’s verdict was contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence. Finding no merit in his appeal, the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. View "Minor v. Mississippi" on Justia Law