Pulliam v. State

515 So.2d 945 (1987)

Pinkie Albert PULLIAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57291.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1987.

James D. Minor, Minor & Barnes, Oxford, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Pinkie Albert Pulliam was convicted of selling a controlled substance in violation of Section 41-29-139(a)(1) and (b)(2), Mississippi Code Annotated (Supp. 1985). The Circuit Court of Union County, Mississippi, sentenced Pulliam to eighteen…