In Williams v. State, the Mississippi defendant, who had been convicted of murder for using a handgun to shoot another female in the face, complained that the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury that a person is "presumed to have intended the natural and probable consequences of her voluntary and delivered acts." Among other things, the defendant argued that the jury instruction created an unconstitutional presumption that the jury was unconstitutionally likely to follow in finding her guilty of murder. In this case the Supreme Court of Mississippi

A. affirmed the conviction because if there was any error in the use of her presumption in this case, it was harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt.

B. affirmed the conviction of defendant Williams for murder because the jury instruction properly stated the way this presumption should operate and there was no error because of this presumption.

C. reversed the conviction of defendant Williams because the jury instruction did appear to be a presumption that unconstitutionally shift the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defendant by the use of the presumption that was not properly explained by other jury instructions.

D. affirmed the conviction because there was overwhelming evidence of guilt despite any argument that an unconstitutional presumption appeared in the case.