Moore v. State

LEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County where the appellant, Darris Eugene Moore, was found guilty by a jury of the murder of Dantonio Smith and sentenced to serve a term of life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He asserts as error that the court (1) should have granted his motion for a directed verdict, (2) failed to grant his motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, a JNOV, (3) granted jury instruction 12, which was the State’s instruction S-3A, and (4) refused jury instruction D-4. After a thorough…