Johnson v. State

631 So.2d 185 (1994)

Willie Rome JOHNSON,

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-0431.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 27, 1994.

C. Emanuel Smith, Smith & Cotton, Tupelo, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Willie Rome Johnson was convicted in the Clay County Circuit Court on charges that he sold cocaine to an undercover policeman for $75.00. Johnson was found to be an habitual offender and sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the…