Legal Opinion

Johnston v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1997No. 93-KA-01418-SCTPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

730 So.2d 534 (1997)

David JOHNSTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 93-KA-01418-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 4, 1997.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1997.

Randall Harris, Richard A. Rehfeldt, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1.David Johnston was convicted in the Circuit Court of Winston County for the sale of less than one ounce of marijuana and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Jacobson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Mease v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Anderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Estes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000
  4. McCollum v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003

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