JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00792-COA.

22 So.3d 1229 (2009)

Keith Leon JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips, P. Shawn Harris, Forest, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, for Appellee.

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


MYERS, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Keith Leon Johnson was indicted for possession of cocaine pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 41-29-139(c)(1)(B) (Rev.2005). A jury found Johnson guilty, and the trial court sentenced him to eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence, Johnson appeals arguing that the trial court erred in refusing certain jury instructions and that the trial...

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