Sanders v. State

439 So.2d 1271 (1983)

Eugene SANDERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54352.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 2, 1983.

Charles Victor McTeer, Willie Griffin, McTeer & Bailey, Greenville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and ROBERTSON, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Eugene Sanders was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County for the sale of 33.6 grams of marijuana. As he had prior convictions for that offense, he was sentenced under Mississippi…