Evans v. State

813 So.2d 724 (2002)

Jerry Lewis EVANS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-KA-01711-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 11, 2002.

Edmund J. Phillips, Newton, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Scott Stuart, attorneys for appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., and WALLER and GRAVES, JJ.

GRAVES, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a direct appeal from a judgment of conviction of a convicted felon possessing a firearm as a habitual offender. The Circuit Court of Scott County, Honorable Marcus D. Gordon presiding, sentenced Jerry Lewis Evans ("Evans") to serve a term of life imprisonment…