Fulgham v. State

386 So.2d 1099 (1980)

Larry FULGHAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51922.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 30, 1980.

Butler & Butler, Jan R. Butler, Eupora, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Webster County for the sale of marijuana. On this appeal he alleges two assignments of error:

1. Appellant was denied his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury when the judge made statements in the presence of…