Samuels v. State

567 So.2d 843 (1990)

James Calvin SAMUELS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-59145.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 19, 1990.

Clarence R. Scales, Scales & Scales, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen. and Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

James Calvin Samuels was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, on two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. In a separate…