Patterson v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

MODIFIED OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is granted, and our original opinion is withdrawn, with this opinion substituted in lieu thereof.

¶ 2. Jerome Patterson was convicted in the Choctaw County Circuit Court of sale of hydrocodone and sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with seven years suspended and eight years to serve followed by five years of supervised probation. He appealed, and the appeal was assigned to this Court. He asserts a single issue, which we state verbatim: whether…