Russell v. State

LEE, J.,

for the court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. In May 2000, a Rankin County Circuit Court jury convicted the appellant, Danny Wayne Russell, of kidnaping and aggravated assault. He was subsequently sentenced to serve eighteen years in jail for the kidnaping conviction and eighteen years in jail for the aggravated assault conviction, said sentences to run concurrently. Russell’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied, and he now appeals to this Court. On appeal, he argues that the State failed to prove he was guilty of aggravated assault and kidnaping, that the trial judge…