Kadarron Foreman a/k/a Khadarron Foreman a/k/a Kadarron D. Foreman a/k/a Kadarron Denario Foreman v. State of Mississippi

── Kadarron Foreman a/k/a Khadarron Foreman a/k/a Kadarron D. Foreman a/k/a Kadarron Denario Foreman v. State of Mississippi ── Court: Court of Appeals of Mississippi Date: May 19, 2026 Category: General IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2024-KA-00728-COA KADARRON FOREMAN A/K/A KHADARRON APPELLANT FOREMAN A/K/A KADARRON D. FOREMAN A/K/A KADARRON DENARIO FOREMAN v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI APPELLEE DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/07/2024 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. ALAN D. LANCASTER COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: CARROLL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER BY: HUNTER NOLAN AIKENS ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: INDIA MARIAH SPRINKLE DISTRICT ATTORNEY: WILLIAM ADAM HOPPER NATURE OF THE CASE: CRIMINAL - FELONY DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED - 05/19/2026 MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED: BEFORE BARNES, C.J., LAWRENCE AND EMFINGER, JJ. LAWRENCE, J., FOR THE COURT: ¶1. On Christmas Day, December 25, 2022, Kadarron Foreman shot and killed Sammie Bryant (Sammie) in the front yard of Sammie’s mother’s home. After a trial, a jury found Foreman guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Foreman appealed, challenging the sufficiency and weight of the evidence supporting his conviction. Finding no error, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶2. On April 18, 2023, Kadarron Foreman was indicted by a grand jury for one count of first-degree murder pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19(1)(a) (Rev. 2020). A three-day jury trial was held from May 28-30, 2024. ¶3. The State first called Anthony Williams, who was an eyewitness. Williams testified that he and his girlfriend, LaTasha Duren, went to Betty Bryant’s house on Christmas evening, December 25, 2022. LaTasha is Betty’s niece and Sammie’s first cousin. Williams was shown a picture of Betty’s house and asked to mark where the cars were parked and people were standing on Christmas day. Betty’s house had a gravel driveway with a parking area to the side of the driveway. LaTasha was parked in the gravel parking area closest to the house, and Foreman’s car was parked next to LaTasha in the middle of the parking area. ¶4. When Williams and LaTasha arrived, Foreman and other family members were already at the house. This was the first time Williams had ever met Foreman. Everyone was “sitting down having dinner,” and Williams was “sitting on the couch.” “Shortly after [they] had dinner[,]” Sammie arrived at the house. Foreman was already outside when Sammie drove up, and LaTasha, Betty, and Betty’s sister Martha Duren “all went outside” because they heard arguing. Williams knew that Foreman and Sammie did not get along, so Williams “went outside after the argument had gone on a little bit longer.” He testified that he “knew it was all women outside with two other men out there. So [he] went out to de-escalate” the situation. Williams thought Sammie would listen to him, believing a “man is more likely to listen to a man sometimes[.]” ¶5. Outside, “[e]verybody was yelling[,]” and Martha, Betty, and LaTasha were asking 2 Foreman to leave. Williams heard Sammie saying, “Get momma inside.”1 Williams stated that Sammie had parked his car farther up the driveway, very near the house, but he was standing farther down the driveway in the parking area. Williams walked toward Sammie and noticed Foreman going toward Foreman’s car. Williams assumed Foreman was leaving. Williams had to walk around the back side of LaTasha’s car to reach the place where everyone was standing, which moment