Mitchell v. State

The appellant, Jesse Mitchell, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Escambia County for the possession of marijuana. He entered a plea of not guilty, duly and legally waived trial by jury, and was tried before the Judge of the Circuit Court, found guilty of unlawful possession of marijuana, and sentenced to the county jail for a period of one year under the misdemeanor statute for possession of marijuana for personal use only. The appellant was granted unsupervised probation for one year. Appellant appeals to this Court.

The appellant was represented by counsel of his choice at all proceedings in…