Hollingsworth v. State

392 So.2d 515 (1981)

Benjamin HOLLINGSWORTH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52302.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 7, 1981.

J. Tyson Graham, Graham, Segrest & Johnson, Columbus, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and SUGG and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Benjamin Hollingsworth was convicted in the Circuit Court of Noxubee County, Honorable Joe O. Sams, presiding, for possession of more than one (1) ounce of marijuana with intent to deliver same and was sentenced to serve a term of five (5) years in…