JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 46727.

260 So.2d 436 (1972)

Harold Wayne JOHNSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louie Bishop, Waynesboro, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


JONES, Justice:

This case comes from the Circuit Court of Wayne County, where the appellant, an eighteen-year-old boy, was convicted of possession of lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly referred to as LSD. He was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary. We are affirming as to guilt but reversing and remanding to the Circuit Court of Wayne County for the infliction of a penalty for a misdemeanor.

A young boy reported to the officers and...

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