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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 95-CA-01257-SCT NORMAN KENT ADAMS a/k/a "JULIO" v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION AND MAY NOT BE CITED, PURSUANT TO M.R.A.P. 35-A DATE OF JUDGMENT: TRIAL JUDGE: COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: 09/27/95 HON. KEITH STARRETT PIKE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT PRO SE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: JEAN SMITH VAUGHAN DUNN LAMPTON CIVIL - POST CONVICTION RELIEF AFFIRMED - 12/8/97

DISTRICT ATTORNEY: NATURE OF THE CASE: DISPOSITION: MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED: MANDATE ISSUED:

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., SMITH AND MILLS, JJ. SMITH, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

On March 15, 1995, Norman Kent Adams was indicted in the Pike County Circuit Court for the following charges: (1) conspiracy to commit the crime of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute within 1500 feet of a church building, and (2) unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute within 1500 feet of a church building. Frank Dawson, Jr. and Donna L. Ginn were indicted along with Adams. Adams was indicted as a habitual offender, having had two prior felonies of separate charges arising out of different times and for which he was sentenced to prison terms of a year or more. Adams initially pled not guilty to both charges. However, on April 5, 1995, Adams pled guilty to the amended charge of conspiracy to commit the crime of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. On April 6, 1995, following a sentencing hearing wherein Adams was found beyond a reasonable doubt to be a Habitual Criminal within the meaning of

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