Potts v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On April 19, 2005, Leonard Potts was convicted by a jury in Leflore County, Mississippi of the crimes of failure to register as a sex offender, fondling, and kidnapping. Potts now appeals the Leflore County Circuit Court denial of his motions for directed verdicts. He asserts the following points of error on appeal:

I.THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN OVERRULING THE DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR A DIRECTED VERDICT IN COUNT I OF THE INDICTMENT, AS THE STATE FAILED TO PROVE PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OF THE DEFENDANT, ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF MISS. CODE SECTION…