McCollum v. State

757 So.2d 982 (2000)

Alfred McCOLLUM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-CT-00688-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 2, 2000.

Leslie D. Roussell, Laurel, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Alfred McCollum was convicted of the sale of cocaine and sentenced to serve a term of nine years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. McCollum appealed, and his case was assigned to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed his conviction. Because the trial court erred…