Dowdle v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court: •

¶ 1. Elijah Bennett Dowdle was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County of possession of less than one gram of cocaine. He was sentenced as a habitual offender and as a repeat drug offender to eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. Aggrieved, Dowdle appeals, raising one issue: whether the trial court erred by denying his motion for a new trial. Finding no error, we affirm Dowdle’s conviction and sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. The crime occurred on July 20, 2007, in…