Nash v. State

278 So.2d 779 (1973)

Paul Wayne NASH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47382.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1973.

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

Paul Wayne Nash was indicted for the unlawful sale of marijuana, a controlled substance, by a grand jury of Jackson County. He was convicted and sentenced to twelve years in the state penitentiary by the Circuit Court of the county. He appeals from this conviction and presently contends that the…