Legal Opinion

Vernell Daven Miskell v. State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided November 7, 2017No. 2016-KA-01306-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. .Vernell Miskell appeals his conviction for aggravated assault .and his sentence of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Miskell filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), or, in tlie alternative, a motion for a new trial. The trial court denied Miskell’s post-trial motion. Miskell now appeals to this Court. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. A Forrest County grand jury indicted Marquis Harris and Vernell Miskell for aggravated., assault in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. McClain v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Galloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Pitchford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Bailey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Christopher Word v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019
  2. DeAngelo Morment a/k/a DeAngelo Montrel Morment a/k/a DeAngelo M. Morment v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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