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COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 98-CT-00769-SCT.

786 So.2d 397 (2001)

Franco COLEMAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel G. Weir, Philadelphia, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Franco Coleman ("Coleman") was convicted in the Circuit Court of Leake County of the sale of less than one ounce of marijuana. The sale violated Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-139(b)(3)(1993), and Coleman's sentence was doubled from three to six years imprisonment pursuant to Miss. Code. Ann. § 41-29-142 (1993). Coleman argues that the court's application of the enhanced sentence statute...

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