JOYCE v. STATE

No. 48701.

327 So.2d 255 (1976)

John Michael JOYCE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.S. Moore, Julie Ann Epps, Thomas J. Ginger, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs and Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and SMITH and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

John Michael Joyce was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, of the crime of possession of marijuana with intent to sell. His sentence was eight years in the Penitentiary.

About 2:00 p.m., August 27, 1974, Alvin E. Berry, Jr., an agent with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, received a telephone call from a confidential informant. The informant advised Agent Berry that he had...

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