Lay v. State

310 So.2d 908 (1975)

John LAY, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48425.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 14, 1975.

W.S. Moore, Thomas J. Ginger, Julie Ann Epps, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.

SUGG, Justice:

John Lay, Jr., was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the unlawful sale of heroin and was sentenced to serve a term of sixty years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Lay sold one pound of heroin to a federal narcotics agent for…