Banton v. State

ISHEE, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. Cody Banton was convicted of murder. The Circuit Court of Panola County sentenced him to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Banton now appeals and raises the following allegations of error:

I. Whether the circuit court erred in denying his motion for a new trial;

II. Whether the circuit court erred in denying his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict; and

III. Whether the imposition of imprisonment for life is cruel and unusual punishment for a seventeen-year-old youth.

Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On the night…