Bell v. State

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In May 2008, John Willie Bell was convicted in the Madison County Circuit Court of burglary of a dwelling and sentenced as a habitual offender to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without eligibility for parole or probation. Pri- or to jury deliberations, Bell filed a motion for a directed verdict, which was denied. Shortly after the trial, Bell filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a motion for *77a new trial. The motion remained pending until June 2011, when…