Brownlee v. State
| Docket Number: | 2009-KA-00372-COA Linked Case(s): 2009-KA-00372-COA |
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Opinion Link Opinion Date: 10-26-2010 Opinion Author: Ishee, J. Holding: Affirmed. |
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Topic: Sale of cocaine - Sufficiency of evidence Judge(s) Concurring: King, C.J., Lee and Myers, P.JJ., Irving, Griffis, Barnes, Roberts, Carlton and Maxwell, JJ. Procedural History: Jury Trial Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - FELONY |
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Date of Trial Judgment: 03-16-2009 Appealed from: DeSoto County Circuit Court Judge: Robert P. Chamberlin Disposition: CONVICTED OF COUNT I, SELLING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS AND COUNT II, SELLING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS, ALL AS A HABITUAL OFFENDER, WITHOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE OR PROBATION, AND TO RUN CONCURRENTLY IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS District Attorney: JOHN W. CHAMPION Case Number: CR-2007-531-CD |
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| Appellant: | Jermaine Brownlee |
LESLIE S. LEE, ERIN ELIZABETH PRIDGEN |
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| Appellee: | State of Mississippi | OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: LADONNA C. HOLLAND | ||
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| Topic: | Sale of cocaine - Sufficiency of evidence |
| Summary of the Facts: | Jermaine Brownlee was convicted on two counts of selling a controlled substance - cocaine and hydrocodone. Brownlee was sentenced as a habitual offender to thirty years on count one and twenty years on count two. Brownlee appeals. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Brownlee argues that the jury’s verdicts were based on weak and tenuous evidence. The officer, who was parked directly next to Brownlee’s gold car, testified that he saw the hand-to-hand transaction between Brownlee and the CI. Further, the CI herself testified to the exchange. In addition, the entire transaction was videotaped and played before the jury. The verdicts in the case are consistent with the evidence presented, and they do not constitute an unconscionable injustice. |
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