Franklin v. State

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Ricky Franklin appeals a judgment of conviction from the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, Second Judicial District. Franklin was convicted on one count of kidnapping and on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to thirty years and twenty years, respectively, to run consecutively. A mistrial was entered for one count of forcible rape, and a not-guilty verdict was entered for one count of sexual battery.

¶ 2. Franklin was denied his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, for a…