White v. State

732 So.2d 961 (1999)

Anita WHITE a/k/a Michelle

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00886-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 11, 1999.

Laurel G. Weir, Thomas L. Booker, Philadelphia, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., McRAE AND WALLER, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. A Scott County jury found Anita White guilty of the sale of cocaine in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-139(a)(1) (1972). The Honorable Marcus D. Gordon sentenced her to 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi…