Mosley v. State

PIERCE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The Choctaw County Circuit Court sentenced James Wayland Mosley to a total of 126 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for Mosley’s jury conviction of one count of selling cocaine, one count of selling methamphetamine, and one count of selling marijuana (less than thirty *840grams). Mosley appeals to this Court, claiming that the trial court’s sentencing order is disproportionate to the crimes he committed and violates his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Because we find that the trial court…