Marlon Lavelle Oatis v. State of Mississippi

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Marlon Lavelle Oatis challenges the weight and sufficiency of the evidence that led to his May 15, 2013 conviction by a jury in the Harrison County Circuit Court. Additionally, Oatis submits that the jury’s general verdict, without designating whether he was guilty of “common law” driving under the influence (DUI) and/or “per se” DUI, is reversible error. For the reasons below, we find the issues raised in Oatis’s appeal to be without merit, and we affirm his conviction and sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In March 2011, Oatis was charged, as a habitual…