REEVES v. STATE

No. 46287.

244 So.2d 5 (1971)

Dennis W. REEVES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex K. Jones, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Dennis W. Reeves, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County of the unlawful sale of lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD, and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary and assessed a fine of $250.

Appellant contends that the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act of 1962, as amended, does not specifically make it a crime to sell LSD. The several amendatory statutes pertaining to narcotic drugs provide...

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