Johnson v. State

904 So.2d 162 (2005)

John L. JOHNSON a/k/a Johnny L. Johnson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2003-KA-02139-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 16, 2005.

Leslie D. Rousell, appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

GRAVES, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. John L. Johnson was convicted of the sale of cocaine within fifteen hundred feet of a church, in violation of Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-29-139[1] and 41-29-142.[2] The trial judge sentenced Johnson to a term of thirty years imprisonment in the custody of the…