Tucker v. State

403 So.2d 1274 (1981)

Tommy B. TUCKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52827.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 16, 1981.

Terry Burnet, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and BROOM, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County for possession of more than one ounce but less than one kilogram of marihuana, was sentenced to three years imprisonment, and fined $1,000.

In his first assignment of error, appellant contends he was…