Earnest Stuckey v. State of Mississippi

WESTBROOKS, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. The grand jury of Washington County indicted Earnest Stuckey for one count of first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. Following a jury trial, Stuckey was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement and sentenced to forty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and five years for the firearm enhancement, to run consecutively. Stuckey filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), or for a new trial, which the trial court denied. Stuckey timely appeals. After review of the record, we…