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MELTON v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-00642-COA.

118 So.3d 605 (2012)

Barry Lemax MELTON a/k/a Barry Melton a/k/a Barry L. Melton, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 2013.

Certiorari Denied July 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Broadhead , Oxford, Leslie Lee , Jackson, Chelsea Crittenden , Erica Rollins , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart , attorney for appellee.

Before IRVING, P.J., RUSSELL and FAIR, JJ.

IRVING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On March 2, 2011, a jury found Barry Lemax Melton guilty of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or distribute. The Harrison County Circuit Court sentenced Melton as a habitual offender to forty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Melton filed a motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), which the circuit court denied. Feeling...

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