Harris v. State

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In the early morning of October 26, 2011, Martina Jones was raped inside her home. The rapist also stole Jones’s television. An anonymous tip from Crime Stoppers, along with DNA evidence, led to the indictment of Eddie Harris.

¶ 2. Harris was convicted by a Warren County jury of burglary of a dwelling and rape. Harris then filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), which the trial court denied. The court sentenced Harris to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for burglary of a dwelling, with…