White v. State

GRIFFIS, P. J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Benjamin White was found guilty by a jury sitting before the Madison County County Court of misdemeanor home-repair fraud under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-23-103 (Rev.2006). The county court sentenced White to six months in the custody of the Sheriff of Madison County, with all but fifteen days of said sentence conditionally suspended, and to pay a $1,277 fine and restitution in the amount of $37,539.33.

*489¶ 2. White appealed to the Madison County Circuit Court, where it was argued that: (1) no disproportionate amount of work was done to the home in…