JACKSON v. STATE

No. 58251.

538 So.2d 1186 (1989)

Walter O'Neal JACKSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Berry, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal of a conviction of sale of an illegal controlled substance presents a somewhat novel juxtaposition of two familiar issues in criminal procedural jurisprudence: the charges that the accused was unfairly denied a continuance of his trial, resulting in ineffective assistance of counsel. The factual predicate for the two claims is identical. Because the accused wholly failed to assist counsel in assisting him...

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