WILKINS v. STATE

No. 47101.

273 So.2d 177 (1973)

James David WILKINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Pitts, Daniel P. Self, Jr., Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by T.C. Childs, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

The appellant was convicted of the sale of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary by the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Although the appellant was tried and convicted under the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act of 1962, sentence was imposed under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1971, Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 6831-74(g) (Supp. 1971), which authorizes sentence under the later act...

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