Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1972No. 46727PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

260 So.2d 436 (1972)

Harold Wayne JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46727.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 27, 1972.

Louie Bishop, Waynesboro, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

JONES, Justice:

This case comes from the Circuit Court of Wayne County, where the appellant, an eighteen-year-old boy, was convicted of possession of lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly referred to as LSD. He was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary. We are affirming as to guilt but reversing and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. Union Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. State v. KellySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
  3. McCullen v. State Ex Rel. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Sheffield v. Reece, SheriffMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Thornhill v. FordMississippi Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Milano v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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