MORRIS v. STATE

No. 53847.

436 So.2d 1381 (1983)

Howard Leon MORRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.S. Stuckey, Jr., Greenwood, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.

I.

Howard Leon Morris, Defendant below and Appellant here, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, of the crime of possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment and fined $10,000. Understandably aggrieved, he appeals.

On the evening of his arrest, Morris was interviewed at length by law enforcement authorities. The interview was tape recorded...

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