Gilmore v. State

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Appellant George Gilmore was indicted by an Amite County grand jury for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and drive-by shooting. Following a trial, a jury found Gilmore guilty of the crimes charged. The trial court then proceeded with a hearing on Gilmore’s habitual offender status pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (Rev.2000). The court determined that Gilmore was an habitual offender and sentenced him to three years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for possessing a weapon as a felon and thirty years for the drive-by…