Sacus v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Gary Sacus was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Monroe County and sentenced to a term of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Sacus appeals to this Court, claiming (1) the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment for acquittal notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) or, in the alternative, a new trial and (2) the trial court erred in allowing testimony that Sacus refused to give a recorded or written statement. Finding no error, we affirm his conviction.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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