BURLESON
Daily Journal
JACKSON – The state’s highest court reversed a capital murder conviction and will send the case back to Prentiss County Circuit Court for a new trial.
Charles David Burleson, 32, was convicted of the 2010 death of Scott Holley of Thrasher, and sentenced to life in prison.
On appeal, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the trial court erred when it amended the indictment and charged Burleson as a habitual offender. The high court also agreed with Burleson that the jury instructions should have included how to deal with circumstantial evidence.
No date has been set for the new trial.
