Legal Opinion

Reeves v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1971No. 46287PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

244 So.2d 5 (1971)

Dennis W. REEVES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46287.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1971.

Rex K. Jones, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Dennis W. Reeves, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County of the unlawful sale of lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD, and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary and assessed a fine of $250.

Appellant contends that the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act of 1962, as amended, does not…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. LeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  2. People v. SchwartzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
  3. McLemore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
  4. People v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  5. Nutter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1923

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hopson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Howard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  4. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  5. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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