Jones v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eddie Ray Jones was convicted in the Circuit Court of Bolivar County of aggravated assault and sentenced as a habitual offender to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Thereafter, Jones filed a post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), which was denied by the trial court. Jones then filed a post-trial motion for a new trial, which the trial court subsequently denied. Jones now appeals.

FACTS

¶2. On March 22, 2007, Investigator George Serio with the Cleveland Police Department responded to a call…