MERRIWEATHER v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01296-SCT.

749 So.2d 103 (1999)

Eric MERRIWEATHER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Craig Treadway, Olive Branch, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Pat Flynn, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND McRAE, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This Court is faced with the issue of whether it was error for the trial court to allow the trial of a criminal case to proceed where the defendant stated that he had smoked a marijuana cigarette earlier on the morning of the trial. We conclude that the trial court's finding that the defendant was not impaired such that he could not understand the proceeding and assist counsel is amply supported by the record and that its failure...

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