McDowell v. State

917 So.2d 801 (2005)

Gabriel McDOWELL a/k/a Gary McDowell, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2003-CP-02306-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

September 13, 2005.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 2006.

Gabriel McDowell, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., GRIFFIS and ISHEE, JJ.

LEE, P.J., for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS

¶ 1. On October 15, 1999, Gabriel McDowell was convicted of the sale of cocaine by a jury in the Hancock County Circuit Court. McDowell was sentenced to serve thirty years without the…