Berry v. State

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Hinds County jury convicted Dequan Berry of two counts of armed robbery. The Hinds County Circuit Court sentenced him to two concurrent terms of thirty years, with eighteen years to serve and twelve years .suspended on each count, all in the custody of the'Mississippi Department of Corrections. In addition, Berry was sentenced to five years under the gun-enhancement statute,1 with the sentence to run consecutively to the armed-robbery sentences.,

¶ 2. Berry argues that the circuit court erred in (1) denying his motion for a mistrial, (2) failing to sustain his…