Nance v. State

948 So.2d 459 (2007)

Charles NANCE, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2005-KA-01086-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 30, 2007.

Pearson Liddell, Jr., Mississippi State, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

Before MYERS, P.J., CHANDLER and ROBERTS, JJ.

MYERS, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Charles Nance was convicted of possession of cocaine in an amount less than one tenth of one gram by a jury in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. Nance was sentenced to serve a mandatory eight years in prison without the possibility of…