State v. Harris

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a ten year sentence, imposed under the Second Offender Act, following a jury verdict wherein Ulysses Harris was found guilty of the illegal possession of heroin. The notice of appeal was filed prior to January 1, 1972, and therefore appellate jurisdiction is in this court.

The only contention on this appeal is that “The [trial] court erred in failing to grant defendant’s motion for a new trial by reason that the jury’s verdict was contrary to the evidence.”

A trial court may grant a new trial “When the verdict is contrary to the * * * evidence”.…