Newberry v. State

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On April 26, 2007, a jury in the DeSoto County Circuit Court found Ash-ante Newberry guilty of one count of sale of a controlled substance, cocaine. New-berry was sentenced as a habitual offender under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-81 (Rev.2007) and his sentence was doubled pursuant to the sentence enhancement provisions in Mississippi Code Annotated section 41-29-147 (Rev.2005). New-berry was ordered to serve a term of sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without eligibility for probation or parole…