TATUM v. STATE

No. 2005-KA-01686-COA.

955 So.2d 377 (2006)

Jimmy TATUM, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 2007.

Certiorari Denied April 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy W. Defer, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

Before MYERS, P.J., BARNES and ISHEE, JJ.


ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jimmy Tatum was convicted in the Circuit Court of Yalobusha County for possession of cocaine in an amount more than two grams but less than ten grams. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve a term of sixteen years without the possibility of parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The trial court denied Tatum's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new...

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