Carroll v. State

PROCEDURAL POSTURE AND ISSUES PRESENTED

¶ 1. This case is before the Court challenging the judgment of Circuit Court of DeSoto County of conviction of one count of possession of cocaine and sentence of three years incarceration in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. After unsuccessfully seeking a JNOV, Carroll filed this pro se appeal, raising four issues for our consideration: 1) whether the trial court erred in classifying residue as a controlled substance, 2) whether the State erred in its opening and closing statements, 3) whether the indictment was defective on its…