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NASH v. STATE

No. 2018-KA-01587-SCT.

293 So.3d 265 (2020)

Willie NASH a/k/a Willie Cole Nash v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 23, 2020.

April 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: WILLIAM B. BARDWELL , Ridgeland.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: MATTHEW WYATT WALTON .

BEFORE KING, P.J., MAXWELL AND GRIFFIS, JJ.

¶1. A jury found Willie Nash guilty of possession of a cell phone in a correctional facility. Nash does not appeal the jury's verdict. He only challenges his sentence, twelve years in prison. He claims the twelve-year sentence is grossly disproportionate to the crime and thus violates the Eighth Amendment.<...

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