BURNS v. STATE

No. 54159.

438 So.2d 1347 (1983)

Percy BURNS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell Hobdy Bryan, II, Amory, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, P.J., ROY NOBLE LEE and BOWLING, JJ., and SUGG, Retired Justice.


SUGG, Retired Justice, for the Court:1

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Monroe County for possession of marijuana with intent to transfer or distribute it and was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years imprisonment and fined $10,000.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On October 7, 1981, John C. Robinson, Jr., a deputy sheriff of Monroe County, was on duty in the sheriff's office. He observed appellant walk away from...

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