Jones v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Anthony Prenell Jones was convicted in the Forrest County Circuit Court of armed robbery. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without eligibility for parole or probation. Jones filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, a new trial, which the trial court denied.

¶ 2. Jones now appeals, arguing the following issues: (1) the State was improperly allowed to amend the habitual-offender portion of the indictment to change the date…