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SHELTON v. STATE

No. 47214.

274 So.2d 658 (1973)

Paul SHELTON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy and Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Paul Shelton was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of the sale of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and sentenced to serve five years in the State Penitentiary. After carefully considering the errors assigned by appellant, we find them to be without merit, except the sentence imposed is in excess of the maximum permitted by law.

We pointed out in Kyzar v. State, 271 So.2d 390 (Miss...

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