Pruitt v. State

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Maurice Pruitt was indicted for both the murder of David McMillian and the aggravated assault of Keitho Plummer. Following his jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi, Second Judicial District, Pruitt was found guilty of manslaughter 1 and was sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (“MDOC”). Following denial of Pruitt’s motion for a new trial, or in the alternative, judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”), he filed timely notice of appeal.

FACTS

¶ 2. It is undisputed that on July…