State v. Pendergrass

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The appellant, Jerry C. Pendergrass, was convicted of six counts of possessing obscene material with intent to distribute by a jury of his peers. The trial judge sentenced the appellant to pay a fine of $1,000 and serve six months in the local workhouse as to each count; and he ordered that the jail sentences are to be served concurrently. The effective sentence imposed by the trial judge is a fine of $6,000 and six months in the local workhouse.

*153After the trial court denied the appellant’s motion for a new trial, he appealed as of right to this Court pursuant to Rule 3(b),…