Alston v. State

258 So.2d 436 (1972)

Joe ALSTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46660.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1972.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1972.

Ransom P. Jones III, Pascagoula, W.S. Moore, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Joe Alston was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, of the crime of selling marijuana. He received a penitentiary sentence of four years and appealed to this Court.

I

Alston contends that his conviction was a nullity because he was indicted under a…