KNIGHT v. STATE

No. 2010-KA-00770-SCT.

72 So.3d 1056 (2011)

Kenneth KNIGHT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Broadhead , Oxford, Office of Indigent Appeals by Leslie S. Lee , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Lisa Lynn Blount , Scott Stuart , attorneys for appellee.

Before CARLSON, P.J., PIERCE and KING, JJ.


KING, JUSTICE, for the Court:

¶ 1. Kenneth Hugh Knight was convicted in the Pearl River County Circuit Court of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute while in possession of a firearm. Aggrieved, Knight appeals, raising three issues: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel, (2) the denial of his motion for a directed verdict or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), and (3) the denial of his motion for a new trial. Because the record...

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