Agnew v. State

783 So.2d 699 (2001)

Eric F. AGNEW

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-KA-00009-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 19, 2001.

Robert Sneed Laher, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE BANKS, P.J., MILLS and DIAZ, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Eric F. Agnew was indicted and charged with the murder of Kristy High on April 28, 1998. After a two-day trial in the Circuit Court of Lee County, the jury found Agnew guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. He filed a motion for a j.n.o.v., or in the…