Fredrico Stone v. State of Mississippi

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Fredrico Stone was convicted of possession of cocaine. Stone was sentenced as a habitual offender to sixteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Stone filed posttrial motions, which the trial court denied. Stone now argues that: (1) the trial court erred by selecting the alternate jurors; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to give his circumstantial-evidence jury instruction; (3) the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence; and (4) the trial court erred by denying his…