Harris v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Larry Harris was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi of possession of cocaine. As a second time offender, he was sentenced to a term of twelve years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with four years of supervised probation. Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence, Harris raises the following issues, which we quote verbatim:

I.The trial [cjourt erred when it allowed the case to go to the jury, as the prosecution should have been collaterally estopped from pursuing charges against Mr. Harris. Prosecutors had in…