Babbitt v. State

755 So.2d 406 (2000)

Demethris BABBITT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-CA-01805-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 27, 2000.

John David Weddle, Tupelo, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., SMITH AND MILLS, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Appellant Demethris Babbitt pled guilty to two charges of possession of cocaine on November 6, 1997, in Lee County Circuit Court. The circuit court sentenced him to two (2) twenty (20) year concurrent terms in the Mississippi Department of Corrections…