Thomas v. State

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. A jury in the Yazoo County Circuit Court found Christopher Thomas guilty of three counts of armed robbery. Thomas was sentenced to fifteen years on each count with each sentence to be served concurrently in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Thomas subsequently filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial. After a hearing, the trial court denied Thomas’s motion.

¶ 2. Thomas now appeals, asserting the following issues: (1) the indictment was defective; (2) the trial court erred by al…