Johnny Lee House, Jr. a/k/a Johnny House, Jr. a/k/a Johnny House v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed House’s manslaughter and aggravated-assault convictions. It held that the evidence sufficiently established aggravated assault because House’s act of shooting into a crowded gathering proximately caused the victim’s injury, even though House’s bullet did not directly strike her. The court also upheld the restriction on undisclosed defense-witness testimony and concluded that the aiding-and-abetting instruction did not affect the verdict.