Craig v. State

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2011, Henry Lee Craig was convicted of murdering Silas Miller. Craig was sentenced by the Jackson County Circuit Court to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Craig filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial. The circuit court denied Craig’s motion. Aggrieved, Craig now appeals. Finding no error, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In May 2009, Miller became involved in an altercation with Floyd Broadnax at a house on Barnett Street in Moss Point,…