Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1973No. 47454PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

285 So.2d 152 (1973)

David JONES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47454.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1973.

Milton R. Fairchild, Gulfport, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi wherein the defendant was convicted of the unlawful sale and delivery of marijuana. Defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,000 and serve four years in the state penitentiary with the penitentiary sentence being suspended. The principal…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Butts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. StanleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  2. State v. TalbotSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  3. Ainsworth v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Boone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Barnes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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