Marshall v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Willie Marshall Jr. was indicted by a Bolivar County grand jury on April 29, 1986, for possession of cocaine with intent to sell pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 41-29-139 (Supp.1985). The indictment noted that Marshall was to be charged as a habitual offender under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-81 (Supp.1985) and listed twenty prior convictions with sentences of one year or more to support the classification. On September 22, 1986, Marshall pleaded guilty to the charge, and the circuit court sentenced him to the maximum penalty of thirty…