Shalonda Nikkia Vale v. State of Mississippi

WESTBROOKS, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Shalonda Vale and Kawaskei Bender 1 were charged as codefendants with burglary of a dwelling. After Vale's jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jones County, she was sentenced to twenty-one years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with seventeen years to serve, and the remaining four years suspended for postrelease supervision (PRS). Vale filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial, which was denied. Vale appeals, raising two issues:

I. Whether the indictment was fatally…