Jackson v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury convicted Eric DeShawn Jackson in the Warren County Circuit Court of three counts of depraved-heart murder. The circuit judge then sentenced Jackson to three consecutive life sentences in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole.

¶ 2. Jackson argues on appeal that the jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence; thus, the circuit court erred in refusing to grant his motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). Jackson…