Ford v. State

708 So.2d 73 (1998)

Randy FORD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-CA-00117-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1998.

Randy Ford, Greenwood, Appellant, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jean Smith Vaughan, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and SMITH and WALLER, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On January 4, 1996, Randy Ford was indicted for the sale of cocaine pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139, in the Circuit Court of Grenada County, Mississippi. Ford's guilty plea was accepted by Circuit Judge Joseph H. Loper, Jr. on June 3, 1996.…