Cotton v. State

LEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Rudolph Cotton, the appellant and defendant below, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Amite County for the sale of cocaine to a confidential informant within a church zone. See Miss. Code Ann. § 41 — 29—139(b) (Supp.2000). He was sentenced to serve a term of thirty years and to pay a fine of $5,000 and court costs, the court having taken into consideration in sentencing that Cotton was a prior convicted felon. From the denial by the Circuit Court of Amite County of his motion for JNOV, or in the alternative, motion for a new trial, Cotton now appeals…