Hemphill v. State

304 So.2d 654 (1974)

Robert HEMPHILL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48172.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 23, 1974.

Billy J. Jordan, Thomas R. Mayfield, Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Robert Hemphill was tried in the Circuit Court of Winston County upon an indictment charging that he had sold marijuana, a controlled substance. He was convicted of that offense and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary. From that conviction and sentence he has appealed.

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