Jeremy Charles Childress a/k/a Jeremy Childress v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed Childress's first-degree murder conviction, holding that the evidence was legally sufficient for a rational jury to find deliberate design and that the verdict was not against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. The court rejected application of the Weathersby rule because Childress's account was contradicted by physical evidence and was sufficiently implausible to present a jury question rather than require a directed verdict. The court also held that conflicts between Childress's statements and trial testimony were matters for the jury to resolve.