McCallum v. State

IRVING, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Miguel D. McCallum was convicted by a Forrest County jury of aggravated assault and was sentenced by the circuit court to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with fifteen years suspended and five years to serve. Aggrieved, McCallum appeals and asserts (1) that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, for a new trial, and (2) that the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. In August 2005, McCallum and…