Court of Appeals of Mississippi March 1, 2011, No. 2009-KA-01994-COA (Dowdle v. State)

KING, C.J.,

for the Court: •

¶ 1. Elijah Bennett Dowdle was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County of possession of less than one gram of cocaine. He was sentenced as a habitual offender and as a repeat drug offender to eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.