Meyer v. State

309 So.2d 161 (1975)

Parker MEYER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48253.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 3, 1975.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1975.

Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, INZER and BROOM, JJ.

INZER, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Parker Meyer and Roscoe Higgins were jointly indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the sale of heroin, a controlled substance. Appellant was tried separately and convicted. He was…