BOYD v. STATE

No. 91-KA-00636.

634 So.2d 113 (1994)

J.W. BOYD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross R. Barnett, Jr., Barnett Law Firm, Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

J.W. Boyd was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, for the crime of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and was sentenced as an habitual offender. Boyd had previously been convicted of armed robbery and receiving stolen property. This case was grounded in disputed factual issues which a jury was called on to weigh. The jury simply did not accept Boyd's version...

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