Legal Opinion
Dora v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 2008No. 2005-CT-00487-SCTPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
986 So.2d 917 (2008)
Terry DORA
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2005-CT-00487-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 12, 2008.
Terry Dora, pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
RANDOLPH, JUSTICE, for the Court.
¶ 1. A jury found Terry Dora ("Dora") guilty of possessing more than thirty grams of cocaine. The Circuit Court of Lowndes County sentenced him to sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections ("MDOC") as a habitual offender and prior violator of the Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substances Act. On appeal, the…
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