Legal Opinion
Canning v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1969No. 45479PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
226 So.2d 747 (1969)
Sherry Louise CANNING
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 45479.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 29, 1969.
Rex K. Jones, Elliott E. Schlottman, Hattiesburg, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
RODGERS, Justice:
This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, in which the appellant, Sherry Louise Canning, was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary and to pay a fine of $1,000 for the unlawful possession of "Cannabis Sativa," commonly called…
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