Jemison v. State

CATES, Judge.

Jemison stands convicted on an indictment charging him with the possession of marijuana. Code 1940, T. 22, § 256. The trial judge sentenced him to sixteen years imprisonment.

The tendency of the State’s evidence was: January 15, 1959, three law enforcement officers (one Federal, one State and one municipal) went to Jemison’s home near Daphne 'in Baldwin County and dis covered (1) several sacks of dried “plant material” in his corn crib; (2) a small portion of the same substance in a brown paper sack in Jemison’s truck; and (3) some more in brown paper sacks in his house.

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