Ables v. State

CHANDLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jon Jeffrey Abies was found guilty of the murder of Larry McCullough and sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Abies filed a motion for a new trial, or in the alternative, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). The trial court denied the motion. In this appeal, Abies challenges the weight and sufficiency of the State’s evidence that he did not kill McCullough in self-defense, and also argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial on the ground of juror misconduct.

FACTS

¶2. On February 18,…