Pitts v. State

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Jeremy Pitts was found guilty in the Circuit Court of George County of murder. He was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Pitts filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which were denied by the trial court.

¶ 2. Pitts appeals, asserting the following issues: (1) the trial court erred in granting the elements instruction on murder proposed by the State and the self-defense instruction proposed by the State; (2) the jury received an erroneous instruction on…