Stewart v. Walls

534 So.2d 1033 (1988)

Eugene STEWART

v.

Johnnie E. WALLS.

No. 58240.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 1988.

James G. McIntyre, Jackson, for appellant.

L. Carl Hagwood, Campbell, DeLong, Hagwood, Wade & Stuart, Greenville, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Eugene Stewart was indicted by the Humphreys County Grand Jury on a charge of sale of marijuana. As a result, Stewart retained Johnnie Walls to represent him in Humphreys County Circuit Court. During the course of this representation, Walls filed a Motion to Suppress allegedly…