Legal Opinion
Burns v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1983No. 54159PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
438 So.2d 1347 (1983)
Percy BURNS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 54159.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 5, 1983.
Wendell Hobdy Bryan, II, Amory, for appellant.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before BROOM, P.J., ROY NOBLE LEE and BOWLING, JJ., and SUGG, Retired Justice.
SUGG, Retired Justice, for the Court:[1]
Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Monroe County for possession of marijuana with intent to transfer or distribute it and was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years imprisonment and fined $10,000.
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