Martin v. State

556 So.2d 357 (1990)

Bryant MARTIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-M-503.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 24, 1990.

B. Calvin Cosnahan, McComb, for petitioner.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for respondent.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PITTMAN and BLASS, JJ.

BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

I

Bryant Martin was convicted of sale of less than one ounce of marijuana on a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Pike County on October 28, 1983. Martin was sentenced to serve three (3) years in the penitentiary, but this sentence was suspended and Martin was placed…