McCaine v. State

591 So.2d 833 (1991)

Luther T. McCAINE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KA-0799.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1991.

Jim Waide, Jimmy D. Shelton, Tupelo, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and BANKS, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I

In 1988, the Lee County Grand Jury indicted Luther T. McCaine for the unlawful and felonious sale and transfer of cocaine. See MISS. CODE ANN. §§ 41-29-115(A)(a)(4) & 41-29-139 (1972 as amended). A jury subsequently found McCaine guilty, and the trial judge sentenced him to twelve years'…