Smith v. State

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶1. A Leake County jury convicted Brandon P. Smith of possession of a firearm by. a convicted felon. The Leake County. Circuit Court .sentenced Smith to serve ten years,, as a habitual offender, in the custody of the Mississippi Department *772of Corrections (MDOC), with the sentence to run consecutively to the sentence Smith was already serving. Feeling aggrieved, Smith filed this appeal, alleging that the circuit court erred in (1) denying his motion for a directed verdict, (2) refusing his request for a peremptory instruction, and (3) denying his motion for a new…