Legal Opinion
Wright v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1970No. 45873PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
236 So.2d 408 (1970)
Earlie WRIGHT, Jr.
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 45873.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 1, 1970.
Rehearing Denied July 2, 1970.
Billy J. Jordan, Jerome Lohrmann, Columbus, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Timmie Hancock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson for appellee.
RODGERS, Justice:
The appellant, Earlie Wright, Jr., was indicted, tried and convicted of having in his possession "a narcotic drug, to-wit marijuana", in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi.
The appellant's conviction came about under the following…
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