Byrd v. State

KING, P.J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. Robert E. Byrd was found guilty in the Circuit Court of Walthall County, Mississippi of the unlawful sale of cocaine. He was sentenced to a term of fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, to serve the first eight years and the last seven years to be served on post-release supervision and ordered to pay a fine and other court costs. Aggrieved by his conviction, Byrd has appealed and raised the following issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred in allowing the identification of Byrd in the courtroom based on the pre-trial viewing…