Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 6, 1985No. 54871PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
479 So.2d 1097 (1985)
Bruce SANDERS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 54871.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 6, 1985.
Thomas C. Harvey, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn Mills, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:
Bruce Sanders appeals from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for the sale of cocaine, sentence of twelve years and fine of $10,000.
While he makes several assignments of error, we find only one requiring reversal, that the circuit judge erred in granting the state an instruction which authorized…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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