JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 91-KA-0431.

631 So.2d 185 (1994)

Willie Rome JOHNSON, v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Emanuel Smith, Smith & Cotton, Tupelo, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Willie Rome Johnson was convicted in the Clay County Circuit Court on charges that he sold cocaine to an undercover policeman for $75.00. Johnson was found to be an habitual offender and sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Johnson raises the following issues in this appeal:

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE WHERE THE...

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