Robinson v. State

508 So.2d 1067 (1987)

Rayford Brent ROBINSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56601.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1987.

Jimmy D. McGuire, Kelly C. Walker, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

On March 17, 1985 Rayford Brent Robinson was tried and found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance. Robinson was sentenced to a term of fifteen (15) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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