Sanders v. State

942 So.2d 298 (2006)

Mervin SANDERS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2005-CP-02141-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 14, 2006.

Mervin Sanders, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., IRVING and ISHEE, JJ.

LEE, P.J., for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. In 1978, Mervin Sanders was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County of two counts of unlawfully selling a controlled substance and was sentenced to serve two consecutive terms of five years with said sentence suspended during five years…