Hopkins v. State

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Gregory Stalling Hopkins was convicted as a habitual offender of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. In his appeal, he challenges the sufficiency and the weight of the evidence as well as the admission of evidence of his prior bad acts. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2. On December 11, 2009, the Biloxi Police Department conducted an undercover drug operation at Hopkins’s residence1 located at 224 Bowen Street in Biloxi, Mississippi. The police enlisted the help of a confidential informant (Cl)2 who called Hopkins and requested…