SAVANNAH v. STATE

No. 2001-KA-00553-COA.

840 So.2d 717 (2002)

Taras Lataj SAVANNAH, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 2002.

Certiorari Denied March 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Broadhead, Thomas M. Fortner, Robert M. Ryan, Jackson, Brenda Gale Jackson, Tallulah, LA, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by John R. Henry Jr., attorney for appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., MYERS, and CHANDLER, JJ.


MYERS, J., for the court.

¶ 1. Taras Lataj Savannah was tried and convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District. Savannah was sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. After being convicted, Savannah filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, new trial which was denied by the trial court. From the denial of that motion, Savannah...

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