Lee v. State

PAYNE, J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. This is an appeal from the Franklin County Circuit Court where a jury convicted appellant Terry L. Lee of possession of cocaine in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-139 (Supp.1999). Lee was sentenced as an habitual offender to serve sixteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without possibility of probation or parole. Feeling *1026aggrieved of his conviction and sentence, Lee now appeals to this Court.

FACTS

¶ 2. The incident in question occurred on the evening of October 24, 1998, in Bude, Mississippi. On this night,…