Edwards v. State

615 So.2d 590 (1993)

Larry D. EDWARDS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-1122.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 18, 1993.

Rabun Jones, Gaines S. Dyer, Dyer Dyer Dyer & Jones, Greenville, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the court:

Larry D. Edwards was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Sharkey County, for the crime of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and received a sentence of twenty-five years in the custody of the…