PETERSON v. STATE

No. 2004-KA-00642-COA.

37 So.3d 669 (2010)

Thornton PETERSON, Jr. a/k/a Thornton Peterson, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Nick, Greenville, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Lisa Lynn Blount, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


GRIFFIS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Thornton Peterson, Jr., was convicted of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Peterson was sentenced as a subsequent offender and a habitual offender to sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections ("MDOC"). He argues that: (1) the circuit court erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict at the close of the State's evidence; (2) the circuit court failed to admit the parties' stipulation...

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