Smith v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

SUMMARY OF THE CASE

¶ 1. On July 11, 2005, a jury sitting before the Neshoba County Circuit Court found Wendy Michelle Smith guilty of the sale of dextropropoxyphene, a schedule IV controlled substance. On July 14, 2005, the circuit court sentenced Smith to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Post-trial, Smith filed an unsuccessful motion for a *476new trial. Aggrieved, Smith appeals and raises three issues, listed verbatim:

I. THE VERDICT WAS AGAINST THE OVERWHELMING WEIGHT OF THE , EVIDENCE. THE COURT ERRED IN REFUSING A PEREMPTORY…