Cassidy v. State

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Keith Cassidy was convicted in the Hinds County Circuit Court of one count of possession of cocaine. He was sentenced as a subsequent drug offender under Mississippi Code Annotated section 41-29-147 (Rev.2009). He had been convicted in 1996 of sale of cocaine. Prior to *337sentencing, Cassidy filed a motion in the trial court to expunge his 1996 conviction. Cassidy was then sentenced as a subsequent drug offender to thirty-two years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with ten years suspended and five years of supervised probation. After sentencing,…