Opinion ID: 1144069
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Heading: Whether the Verdict was Against Overwhelming Weight of the Evidence

Text: Davis contends that the jury verdict traverses the overwhelming weight of evidence. His contention, however, is wholly devoid of substantiation. This notwithstanding, the record reveals that on February 10, 1988, at approximately 9:00 p.m., two Jackson County narcotics agents, Ronald Wilson and Ron Cooley, went undercover. They went to the Carver Village area and purchased a rock of crack cocaine from Davis and another individual. Davis was later arrested and charged with distribution of a controlled substance. At trial, the prosecutor's evidence included the testimony of both Wilson and Cooley who described the undercover operation and identified Davis as one of the individuals who sold them the cocaine. The prosecutor also introduced a tape recording of the actual drug sale. Davis' only defense included: (1) his denial that he sold cocaine to the agents, and (2) an attempt to discredit the reliability of Wilson's and Cooley's identification of him as the dealer.
A thorough examination of all evidence and reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to the jury verdict provides no support for Davis' contention. The verdict is not against the overwhelming weight of evidence, and the credibility of the agents' identification of Davis as the individual who sold them cocaine was a question for the jury to resolve. In sum, this Court may not pass upon the credibility of witnesses and, where the evidence justifies a verdict, it must be accepted as having been found worthy of belief. Campbell v. State, 278 So.2d 420, 423 (Miss. 1973); see also Powell v. State, 566 So.2d 1228, 1339 (Miss. 1990); Pharr v. State, 465 So.2d 294, 301-02 (Miss. 1984). The verdict should remain undisturbed.