Shannon Rayner v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court: .

¶ 1. On February 19, 2013, a Jasper County grand jury indicted Shannon Ray-ner in a two-count indictment for the deliberate-design murder 1 of his wife, Sonya Hunt Rayner, and arson. 2 After a jury trial, Rayner was acquitted of the arson charge, but convicted of murder and sentenced to life in- the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). After the denial of his post-trial motions, Rayner filed this appeal, asserting the following issues for appellate review: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal;…