Deloach v. State

¶ 1. John Deloach was convicted by a Lowndes County grand jury as a habitual offender of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by the verdict and the denial of his post-trial motion for a JNOV, or in the alternative, for a new trial, Deloach seeks appellate review, arguing that the verdict is against the overwhelming weight and sufficiency of the evidence.

FACTS

¶ 2. On November 6, 1998, Deloach was stopped by Officer Geoffrey Zuercher in Columbus, Mississippi for driving on the wrong…