Bennett v. State

865 So.2d 1158 (2004)

Marcus Ricardo BENNETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2002-KA-01692-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 12, 2004.

Jerry L. Bustin, Forest, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., WALLER, P.J., and CARLSON, J.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Marcus Ricardo Bennett pled guilty to two counts of selling cocaine within 1500 feet of a church. He was sentenced to 10 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections on Count I and to 5 years on Count II, the two sentences to…