COBB, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On April 27, 1999, Marcus Leon Smith was indicted in the Forrest County Circuit Court for the murder of Timothy Holmes. At the conclusion of a jury trial, Smith was convicted and sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. The circuit court denied Smith's post-trial motion for JNOV or alternatively a new trial, and Smith now appeals, raising the following issues:
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