Pate v. State

419 So.2d 1324 (1982)

Joe PATE (a/k/a Joe Payton)

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53732.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 29, 1982.

Calvin R. King, Durant, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Joe Pate was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Holmes County for feloniously selling a quantity of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance. He was sentenced to twenty years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections and fined…