JACKSON v. STATE

No. 49022.

335 So.2d 116 (1976)

James JACKSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleve McDowell, Clarksdale, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.


LEE, Justice:

Appellant, James Denton Jackson, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County, Mississippi, for the possession of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and was sentenced to serve a term of seven (7) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that conviction and judgment he appeals here.

It is first contended that the trial court erred in overruling appellant's objection to introduction of the evidence (LSD) and in denying the motion...

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