Jones v. State

BRIDGES, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. A Hinds County jury convicted Oscar Rayfield Jones of selling cocaine on November 17, 2003. The circuit court sentenced Jones to twenty years in confinement. Jones appeals this decision arguing that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the jury to hear that the detective identified Jones from a photograph, (2) that the court failed to establish a chain of custody for the cocaine, and (3) that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

¶ 2. The police had a tip that someone going by the name of “Ray-Ray” sold cocaine out of a certain…