White v. State

722 So.2d 1242 (1998)

Calvin WHITE, a/k/a "Tweety Bird"

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00311-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 10, 1998.

Callestyne Hall Crawford, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Billy L. Gore, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The appellant, Calvin White a/k/a "Tweety Bird," was indicted by the Holmes County Grand Jury on three counts of sale of cocaine pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-139(a)(1)(1994). Subsequently, capias was served on White. Later, he was…