Jeffries v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Judge.

On his trial in Shelby County the appellant, Bobby Lee Jeffries, was found guilty of unlawfully selling a controlled substance, to wit, heroin, and his punishment fixed at six to 12 years’ imprisonment. The habitual criminal count of the indictment was then presented to the jury and it found him guilty under it, enhancing his punishment to life imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence he appeals to this court.

The appellant was first indicted in two counts for selling a controlled substance on the 12th day of February, 1977, and for possessing it with intent to sell.…