SYLAR v. STATE

No. 49439.

340 So.2d 10 (1976)

Robert SYLAR v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Kelley, Jackson, Edward T.M. Garland, Frank Joseph Petrella, Mark J. Kadish, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

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

Before INZER, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

The indictment against Robert Sylar charged that he "did then and there wilfully, knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously sell to Louis Guirola, a person, ... controlled substance without authority of law, to-wit: Marijuana, ..." On that indictment he was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary.

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