Luster v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Lafayette County jury found Stanley Luster guilty of burglary of a dwelling, and the circuit court sentenced him as a habitual offender to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Luster now appeals the Lafayette County Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

FACTS

¶ 2. On February 26, 2011, Carrice Buchanan, who lives at 405 South 15th Street, Apartment B, Oxford, Mississippi, witnessed an older African American male standing at the front…