JONES v. STATE

No. 2001-KA-00550-COA.

827 So.2d 21 (2002)

Purvis JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross R. Barnett, Jr., Jackson, attorney for appellant.

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

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


THOMAS, J., for the court.

¶ 1. Purvis Jones was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of twenty years with three years suspended. Aggrieved, he asserts the following issues:

I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO DISCHARGE JONES UNDER THE DOCTRINE AFFIRMED IN WEATHERSBY V. STATE. II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING JONES'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT OR FOR...

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