Newell v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

David G. Newell appeals his conviction in the Copiah County Circuit Court of the crimes of possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana and sale of more than one ounce of marijuana. For each conviction he was sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $15,000. Because we find that there was insufficient evidence of Newell’s possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana, we reverse his conviction of possession. However, his conviction of sale of more than one ounce of marijuana is affirmed.

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