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DAVIS v. STATE

No. 2013-KM-00167-COA.

138 So.3d 965 (2014)

Currie Glenn DAVIS, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

May 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie D. Roussell , Laurel, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Brad Alan Smith , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., ISHEE and MAXWELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Currie Glen Davis was convicted of "possession of beer." But in Mississippi, possession of beer, in and of itself, is not a crime. What is a crime is possession of beer in a "dry" county — any county that has elected to prohibit the transportation, storage, sale, distribution, receipt, or manufacture of beer.1 And the State asserts it is this crime for which Davis stands convicted.

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