Johnson v. State

905 So.2d 1209 (2005)

Donniver Terrell JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2003-KA-02016-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 27, 2005.

Edmund J. Phillips, Jr., Newton, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jean Smith Vaughan, attorneys for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., EASLEY and RANDOLPH, JJ.

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Donniver Terrell Johnson (Johnson) was convicted by a jury for the sale of a controlled substance, more than one ounce of marijuana, and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Leake County, Mississippi, to serve 20 years in the custody of the Mississippi…