POPE v. STATE

No. 42032.

242 Miss. 454 (1961)

135 So.2d 819

POPE v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.A. McLeod, Mt. Olive; W.W. Dent, Collins, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


McELROY, J.

The appellant, Pearlie Pope, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Covington County, Mississippi, for the unlawful possession of whiskey and was sentenced to serve ninety days in jail and pay a fine of $500. Sixty days of the jail sentence and $200 of the fine were suspended pending good behavior.

Armed with a search warrant describing the land where appellant lived, Constable Dale Minton proceeded to...

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