Potts v. State

LEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The appellant, Terry Potts, appeals from the Circuit Court of Quitman County where he was found guilty after a trial by jury for the crime of burglary of a dwelling in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-17-23 (Rev.1994). Potts was sentenced to four years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and to an additional four years of post-conviction release supervision upon release from his term of incarceration. He asserts as error that evidence regarding cocaine possession and use should not have been introduced, that the verdict was against the…