Johnson v. State

642 So.2d 924 (1994)

Johnny JOHNSON a/k/a Smokey

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-00798.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 8, 1994.

Whitman D. Mounger, Greenwood, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.

PRATHER, Presiding Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Johnny Johnson, a/k/a Smokey, and Jimmy Spruill, a/k/a Little Jimmy, were indicted by the grand jury of Leflore County in its November 1990 term and charged with the sale of cocaine and conspiracy to sell cocaine. Following a…