BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. A Bolivar County jury found James Arthur Fannings, Jr., guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Stacey Hazelton (Stacey). The trial judge sentenced Fannings to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without eligibility for parole. Fannings now appeals, raising six issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in failing to grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) due to the insufficiency...
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