Opinion ID: 1844309
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: whether carr's conviction for the murder of bobbie jo parker is supported by sufficient evidence.

Text: ¶ 37. Carr claims the prosecution failed to establish that he killed Mrs. Parker or that the remains found in the charred Parker house were even hers. On direct appeal, in issue VII, Carr argued that evidence was insufficient to support the verdicts. Carr I, 655 So.2d at 837. Carr's argument in Carr I was a general insufficiency of the evidence argument, and this Court addressed it by reciting specific evidence which was the basis for the decision of the Court, and concluding that the record reflects substantial evidence of such quality to support the verdict. Id. at 838. Thus to that extent, it is now procedurally barred. Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(1)-(3). However, Carr now raises for the first time the issue that the prosecution failed to establish that the unidentified, charred body found in the Parker's home was Bobbie Jo Parker. However, Carr's argument that the prosecution completely failed to provide any evidence that may have remotely linked the burnt body to that of Mrs. Parker is specious. Although the medical examiner testified that he was unable to determine the age, race or sex of the victim, there was testimony that Mrs. Parker was missing and that the remains were found in her bedroom. Her engagement and wedding rings were positively identified after being found in the apartment of Carr's co-defendant. This Court has found that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to show that the person named in the indictment is the same as the person killed, if the circumstantial evidence is clear and cogent and leaves no room for reasonable doubt. Dooley v. State, 238 Miss. 16, 116 So.2d 820, 821 (1960). In this case, there is no room for reasonable doubt that the fourth body found in the Parker's home was that of Bobbie Jo Parker. This issue is without merit.