Legal Opinion
Nix v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1973No. 47335PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
276 So.2d 652 (1973)
Terry NIX
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 47335.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 16, 1973.
Billy Joe Landrum, Ellisville, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:
Convicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County of the sale of marijuana, Terry Nix was sentenced to serve ten years in the state penitentiary.
On appeal to this Court, defendant contends that the marijuana was not properly introduced into evidence. This question has two points of inquiry.
It is first contended that the marijuana itself…
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