Love v. State

441 So.2d 1353 (1983)

Wilford George LOVE a/k/a Sonny Love

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54044.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1983.

Wendy G. Evinger, Greenwood, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Wilford George Love has been convicted in the Circuit Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, of the sale of less than one ounce of marijuana on September 15, 1981. Upon his conviction, Love has been sentenced to serve a term of three years in…