Charles Ray McCollum a/k/a Charles McCollum, Jr. a/k/a Charles Ray McCullum v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed McCollum’s grand-larceny conviction and five-year sentence. It held that the suppression issue was procedurally barred because McCollum never obtained a ruling on his motion, and that the record also showed no plain error because the warrant affidavit supplied a substantial basis for probable cause. The court further held that testimony explaining the investigation was not hearsay, any error in admitting the handwritten notation on the NCIC report was harmless, and the trial court acted within its discretion in denying a mistrial after excluding the sequestered witness from testifying.