Gisch v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice:

We affirmed the conviction of C. W. Gisch by the Circuit Court of Pearl.River County of the manufacture (growing) of marijuana, but remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing under the provisions of Senate Bill 1957 of the 1971 Regular Legislative Session, more specifically Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, Section 6831-74(g) (Supp.1972), the conviction having occurred prior to the enactment of that law. Gisch v. State, 259 So.2d 118 (Miss.1972).

Being his first offense, on remand the trial court sentenced appellant to 3i/£ years in the State Penitentiary and fined…