Willie Duck v. State of Mississippi

LEE, C.J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Willie Duck was convicted in the Adams County Circuit Court of possession of more than two grams but less than ten grams of a controlled substance with intent to sell or distribute. After a bifurcated hearing, Duck was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Duck raises the following issues: (1) he was not properly sentenced as a habitual offender; (2) he was entitled to a new trial; (8) the trial court failed to grant a mistrial; (4) newly discovered evidence entitled him to a new…