Sparks v. State

412 So.2d 754 (1982)

Freddie SPARKS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53130.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 14, 1982.

Roy O. Parker & Associates, Nora J. Hall, Tupelo, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and WALKER and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes County wherein Freddie Sparks, defendant/appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted for the sale of a controlled substance, to-wit, cocaine. Upon conviction, Sparks was sentenced to serve twenty…