Payne v. State

363 So.2d 278 (1978)

Lloyd Thomas PAYNE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50691.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 4, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1978.

Joe B. Timmons, Tupelo, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Calvin Coolidge Williams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, for the sale of a controlled substance. The indictment was returned on August 16, 1976. An attorney was appointed on August 23, 1976,…