IRVING, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Following a jury trial, William Hawthorne was convicted of aggravated assault and was sentenced by the Sunflower County Circuit Court to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved, Hawthorne appeals and asserts that the trial court erred in excusing a juror, and in refusing to grant his motions for a mistrial, a directed verdict, and a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Hawthorne also...
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